“The Wrath of God” is often too clever about teasing out its mysteries. But it has a strong and challenging theme, asking whether its characters’ misfortunes are their own fault, or just a case of the Almighty playing capricious games with humanity.

The Wrath of God is fine. It’s not doing anything offensive or unsettling, but its pacing and lack of suspense just don’t leave much to behold.

The misleadingly titled The Wrath of God is both compelling and disappointing. Told as a horror mystery, the long-awaited big reveal at the end reveals only what we've known all along, which has nothing to do with either God or the occult.

Characters are wafer-thin, the tone suffocates us with self-seriousness, the timeline is hacked up for barbecue and the conclusion isn’t surprising... even on a superficial level. This is color-by-numbers stuff passing itself off as a Rembrandt.