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Devil's Knot

2013

Atom Egoyan

Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola, James Hamrick ...

5.2

2,593

Drama. Thriller Three children were savagely murdered in 1993. Weeks later, police announced the arrest of three teens accused of committing the murders as part of a satanic cult ritual.

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Compelling feature treatment of the much-documented scandal."
		Scott Foundas Variety	"While Egoyan and Co. are to be commended for doing a tactful, dignified job with material that could have made for a ghoulish horror show, the result nevertheless comes across as a flat, ponderous proposition."
		Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"It reduces a complex and extraordinary case to soap. It makes you care less, for all its heavy-breathing and cheapo coaxing. (...) Rating: ★ (out of five)"

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