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Frailty

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Original title

Frailty

Year

2001

Running time

97 min.

Country

United States

Director

Bill Paxton

Screenwriter

Brent Hanley

Cast

Music

Brian Tyler

Cinematography

Bill Butler

Producer

Lionsgate

Genre

Horror. Thriller. Mystery | Religion. Childhood. Family Relationships. 1970s

Synopsis

Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe), the FBI agent heading the search for Texas' notorious "God's Hand" murderer, is understandably suspicious when a man walks into his office and announces that he knows the identity of the elusive serial killer. Introducing himself as Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey), he claims that his brother, Adam, killed all those people and then killed himself. But Adam's crimes are just one part of a long and complex story that Meiks wants to share with Doyle so he will understand what motivated his brother to kill. Past and present converge as the two strangers drive together to the rose garden where Adam is buried and Meiks begins his tale of faith and retribution.

Awards: 2002: National Board of Review: Special Recognition

2002: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Most Promising Filmmaker

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Critics' reviews

"Frailty" is an extraordinary work (...) The movie works in so many different ways that it continues to surprise us right until the end (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"'Frailty' could so easily be ludicrous, but Paxton doesn't flinch from the challenge - either behind or in front of the camera."

BBC
"A resoundingly old-fashioned and well crafted study of evil infecting an American family, 'Frailty' moves from strength to strength on its deceptive narrative course."

Robert Koehler: Variety
"Bill Paxton has made a truly awful picture instead of a merely vapid one (...) 'Frailty,' is dumb but also unrelentingly dark and ugly"

Carla Meyer: SFGATE
"A terrifying low-budget thriller that packs a greater wallop than most of the high-priced studio scarefests".

Peter Rainer: New York Magazine
"A genuinely creepy Southern Gothic thriller that once again proves that in horror movies, sometimes less is actually more."

Lou Lumenick: New York Post
"Paxton's Dad may be the most terrifying father to appear in a horror film since Jack Nicholson went crazily homicidal in 'The Shining'"

Stephen Holden: The New York Times

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