The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

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The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

2023

1h 36m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers wants to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse. He decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife's objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, Joe roams the woods aimlessly in his search for deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye, Joe undergoes a traumatic experience. What starts as an experiment to prove himself as a capable father and husband turns into a nightmare as Joe finds himself faced with a terrible choice that he must make.

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Critics Consensus

An absorbing and intelligent character piece, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers is further elevated by Clayne Crawford's outstanding performance.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

04/10/2023

4/5

The minute Joseph steps into this disenchanted forest, tripping over every tree root, you can sense the impending disaster, and the horror that Machoian’s movie is moving towards.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

02/18/2023

2/4

“The Integrity of Joseph Chambers” is a reasonably well-constructed non-hero’s journey that may resonate with you if you’re not already sick of movies set on anatomizing the Crisis of White Masculinity in These United States.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

02/17/2023

3.5/5

Machoian and his sound designer, Peter Albrechtsen, layer those natural sounds with occasional bursts of seemingly unnatural ones, mirroring Joseph’s increasingly unbalanced psyche and maximizing tension.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

01/25/2024

3/5

It asks more questions than it answers, and will likely frustrate those wanting a pat ending, but it raises interesting questions about the real meaning of masculinity.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

07/06/2023

4/5

[Clayne] Crawford's character is alternately empathetic and pathetic, and the film reinforces how utterly out of his depth he is through its evocative use of cinematography, sound design and score.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

06/29/2023

4/5

In The Integrity of Joseph Chambers, Crawford takes a break from his mainstream movie and TV roles to play Joe, a jovial family man whose behavior hints at feelings of inadequacy beneath the surface.

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Deanna L

@SDDane52 Jul 3

This is a good movie and Clayne’s performance is outstanding, It’s a bit slow though, and don’t expect a big bang of an ending.

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G B

@Light777 Jan 12

He forgot his steps leading to killing another humam

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Stephen D

@sjhdearden Aug 26

Man has breakdown after hunting accident. The exchanges with the victim might have offered some development but this really goes nowhere in particular very very slowly.

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Cam M

@RT81798309 07/04/2025

Honestly, pure garbage. Not the cast or crew, good acting. Good cinematic style. The storyline is completely garbage. Why not just go to the cops, easy peasy, but no the story is exactly what no-one would do. Its similar to a poor horror when the teenagers run toward troubie instead of away. l can't believe the director took on such a completely garbage story. Wated my time.

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B N

@Kabeju 03/30/2025

Started good, then went weird, the went so slow and then made no sense. Could have been better . At least It kept me watching .

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Jason S

@RT25006480 12/20/2024

Very dumb from start to end

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Synopsis

Insurance salesman and family man Joseph Chambers wants to acquire the skills to be able to take care of his family in case of an apocalypse. He decides to go deer hunting by himself for the first time ever, despite his wife's objections. Setting out into the mountains with a borrowed rifle, Joe roams the woods aimlessly in his search for deer. His boredom is short-lived, however, when in the blink of an eye, Joe undergoes a traumatic experience. What starts as an experiment to prove himself as a capable father and husband turns into a nightmare as Joe finds himself faced with a terrible choice that he must make.

Director: Robert Machoian
Producer: Clayne Crawford
Screenwriter: Robert Machoian
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: 433, Visit Films, Victor House Films, Back40 Pictures
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2023
Runtime: 1h 36m