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Frailty review

Rated - 4.0 stars

By Melon from East Sussex Avatar image

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Frailty

Director Bill Paxton
Genres Thriller
Run time 96 mins Certificate 15

11th July 2004

A man tells an FBI agent that his brother is the 'God's Hands' serial killer, and then relates the story of their tumultuous childhood with a father who believed he was a demon-slayer. This is a truly great little film that completely grips not with trick photography, effects, cheap shocks or gore but with the power of it's storyline. It sucks you in and doesn't let go until the end.

Nothing in this film is overdone, with good actors bringing realism to every scene by doing as little as possible. That's why this film succeeds where so others fail. It never does anything that detracts from simply telling the story. A genuine minor classic.

(I'm just reluctant to give any film 5 stars.)

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