Frailty (2002)

My expectations were really high for this film before seeing it and that worked against it somewhat, but not too much. It's only an hour and 40 minutes, but it seemed much longer, for some reason. I could see twists coming before I should have been able to and the young Fenton's overacting got on my nerves - he did things that no child (in my opinion) would do.

With all of those complaints, I still think Frailty is pretty damn good. Bill Paxton is awesome and I love that we only see Fenton's perspective during the flashbacks -- we don't get the whole picture. “Is Dad crazy?” we wonder. “Probably,” we answer. And yet... he's so sincere. That kind of ambiguity is rare, and it deserves high praise.

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