The Rapture (1991)

• Year: 1991
• Released: 04 Oct 1991
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 4 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102757/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_rapture
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, Mystery
• Runtime: 100 min
• Writer: Michael Tolkin
• Director: Michael Tolkin
• Cast: Mimi Rogers, David Duchovny, Darwyn Carson
• Keywords: faith, eroticism, apocalypse, bible, end of the world,

6.3/10

The Rapture Storyline

A telephone operator lives an empty, amoral life. She and her boyfriend spend their evenings picking up other couples for group sex. But she begins to notice little things – things that point to something far greater than the life she knows. There are the two men who come to her apartment, preaching God; the conversation she overhears between her co-workers; and even a strange, mystical tattoo on the back of a woman joining one of the sex sessions. Eventually, a crisis of faith that nearly ends in suicide leads to her spiritual awakening instead. But later she learns that even after finding God, it’s possible to lose Him again.

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The Rapture Movie Reviews

A very important film, tense and extremely original

Before my praises for The Rapture, first a scolding at New Line Cinema. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on you for marketing the home video of this very important film as if it were a soft-core sex romp. The original artwork for the film captured its essence very well (the soundtrack on CD has the original artwork), but the VHS video box cover on the front shows Mimi Rogers looking like she had the biggest…well, you know…sexual thrill of her life. The back cover shows a shirtless David Duchovny (but with a look on his face like a deer caught in the headlights). The cover says “exploring a woman’s sexual and spiritual awakening.” Excuse me, but Mimi Rogers’ character seems to already be well educated in sex by revealing that she likes to swing with friend Patrick Bauchau. Sure, there is some sex in the first part of the film, but the story as a whole is 95% about the spiritual part. I’d love to yell at the person who got the job of marketing that cover and say how it really is an insult to people’s intelligence in general. The Current DVD cover unfortunately makes it look like a religious family film…a big mistake. Should have kept the original artwork (again, see the soundtrack CD cover for that).

NOW, for the praise. The Rapture is one of those rare films that refuses to compromise and doesn’t apologize if it offends one’s religious beliefs. Mimi Rogers is a telephone operator with a very unremarkable life. Even her sexual experiences with her friend seem to be boring her. She eventually overhears co-workers talking about “The Boy” and she is intrigued by the secrecy surrounding him. She eventually gets involved with this religious group and as time passes, gets married, has a daughter, and continues her religious life. Then things get a bit….bizarre. It leads to a conclusion that may anger those who are devout and get a a lot of respect from those that feel there are many things we just shouldn’t settle for in our existence.

I’m not an Academy Award nut, but the fact that Mimi Rogers was overlooked for a nomination is “sacrilege”…excuse me, but in reviewing something like this film some puns are inevitable! The one scene that most everyone I know refers to specifically is the one where Mimi confesses a crime to policeman Will Patton on the side of a road. Watching her emotional pain as she cries out how she can’t love God anymore tears me up every time I see it, and it leaves you in a weakened state for the rest of the film. And the rest of the film will have you in a state of amazement right through to its fade. I was so impressed by the uncompromising conclusion and while some may feel that maybe Mimi didn’t really win in the end, I feel she did. I too want to know why people think God solely has us here to worship, worship, worship — at one point Mimi even asks co-workers “Isn’t that a bit selfish?” While we don’t get the answers we seek in this film, at least it challenges our minds and gets us talking. I can’t recall any other film that has an effect to such an extent as The Rapture.

Whether you are very serious in your religious beliefs or are open to all sides of discussion, The Rapture will unnerve, exhilarate, and leave you truly touched in some way.

intriguing journey

By day, Sharon (Mimi Rogers) works in a cubicle as a telephone operator. By night, she has sexual escapades with Vic and other partners. Some at work have dreams of a pearl. They follow a boy as born-again Christians. Sharon is tired of her empty life and starts pursuing the group. She convinces artist Randy (David Duchovny) to join. The boy claims the rapture is coming in 5 or 6 years. Six years later, Sharon is married to Randy with daughter Mary. Randy is killed in a workplace mass murder. Following the boy’s words, Sharon takes Mary to the desert to await for the rapture. Deputy Foster (Will Patton) is concerned about the mother daughter alone in the desert.

It’s an intriguing journey. Mimi’s reserved coolness does prevent a more epic emotional journey. I don’t really find her life before that horrible. It’s less than satisfying and that could be an interesting start. I keep imagining other actresses would give the character bigger emotions. Nevertheless, this journey is worth the watch.

A Strange Film, What Does It All mean?

A telephone operator (Mimi Rogers) living an empty, amoral life finds God and loses him again.

Director Tolkin noted that Rogers’ Scientology beliefs played no bearing on her casting: “Mimi’s background in Scientology played no role in my casting her, nor did I see it as a problem — we never even discussed it.” Rogers added that “my own religious views didn’t affect my approach to the picture at all.” Although in another interview, she noted that the role was easier by way of not having a traditional view of Jesus: “I don’t, for example, have a Jesus Christ definition of God … and I have no views on heaven or hell. To me they’re alien concepts. If I were a practicing Christian or a Jew, with all the hang-ups of those religions, I don’t think I could have done Sharon justice.” This film is fascinating, and Rogers’ views do add something to the picture, whether intentional or not. hat about Duchovny? I was introduced to this film around 2000 or 2001 in the context of it being a horror film. And, you know, it is not a horror film, but does seem to have some of those elements — there is a sense of dread about making the wrong choices. Take pride in yourself? Give in to God? Risk an eternal damnation? And now (2016) I have a philosophy background, which makes the film interesting in new ways. Nothing about it is terribly deep, but it does realistically cover the issues of religion, particularly atheism versus Christianity. What would make an atheist convert, and why would they want to? Likewise, what is the root of Christian belief; as Sharon points out, there are many religions who seem to be just fine with Jesus… so why this particular faith?