TC Candler's Review D+

Miserable manipulation...

The film is just so morose and dark and heavy and miserable, that it collapses under the collective weight. The film is reasonably well crafted, and I found the bashing of small-town, Midwestern, religious fanaticism to be an interesting and brave subject... but I could never enjoy watching a film like this because it is mired in overwhelming misery. How could anyone enjoy that? And the big surprise twist at the end is all too gimmicky and overt. This is a poor debut film from actor turned director Bill Paxton.

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