IMDb plot summary: The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.
Directed by Atom Egoyan. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Colin Firth, Alessandro Nivola, and James Hamrick.
Oof, this is a messy movie. It is a dramatized account of the West Memphis Three trials, but it seems more interested in providing factual information than in providing an actual emotional narrative base to the story. The characters' emotional arcs are handled in such a clumsy manner. It makes Reese Witherspoon look extremely untalented, which she is not. It did spark my interest in the case itself and in the series of documentaries about it, so that's a good thing, but this is a pretty sloppy flick.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Devil's Knot < Ramona and Beezus
Devil's Knot < The Life of David Gale
Devil's Knot > Never Been Kissed
Devil's Knot < Dracula (1931)
Devil's Knot > The Omega Code
Devil's Knot < Dr. Seuss on the Loose
Devil's Knot > My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Devil's Knot > Gangs of New York
Devil's Knot < Analyze This
Devil's Knot < The Matrix Revolutions
Devil's Knot > The Searchers
Final spot: #2452 out of 2950.
1 comment:
I agree. I've seen every film there is related to the WM3 case and this was a disaster and a waste of a very talented cast.
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