Steineded
How sad is this?
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Mehdi Hoffman
There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
SnoopyStyle
Walter (Peter Stormare) is a small Ontario town chief of police with a large Mennonite farming community. They find the naked body of a young woman. It's his first murder. He's trying to overcome his angry past. However the murder leads to Rita (Jill Hennessy) who provides an alibi for her boyfriend Steve (Stephen Eric McIntyre).This is a festival indie by writer/director Ed Gass-Donnelly. With Peter Stormare and those great thumping songs by Bruce Peninsula, this has the feel of a Coen movie. The story isn't that compelling. It needs to be either more twisty or more grotesque. It doesn't compare to its modern compatriots. Stormare is amazing as he usually is. He is a great character actor in need of a big time role. And the music just drives so hard that it energizes a pretty simple story. This movie is much more about this quiet character as most of his struggle is interior.
kosmasp
This is almost an exhibit in acting. Peter Stormare is as great in this as the bit players. There is no weakness to be found in the acting department. The short running time is good too, the music is well selected and the script is as tight as it should be. I personally do not agree as much with Coen comparisons, because this is far more serious than a Fargo.It's important to know, because people will think of Fargo and not of Millers Crossing or other serious themed movies the Coen brothers did. Most of the people that is. All in all it wouldn't do justice to the filmmaker just comparing him to someone else. He did something really amazing here, mixing photography and sound to make a movie about human downfall(s).
zaenkney
Brilliant! The music carried the story to it's rightful destination. A few small town policemen find themselves in the rare predicament of having to solve the murder of a young woman from out of town, probably killed by a community member. The harsh timber, tone and cadence of the music underscores the situational paradox, while the religious score drives the redemption message home.The question is, can these small-town characters hold up without tearing each other apart under this kind of pressure. I'm a small town girl and I had to give 5 points for the very realistic portrayals by these actors of earthy, basically good people, worn but willfully working on combined with Bruce Peninsula's killer musical assist! Aug. 2012
bg9406
How nice to see an adult film made by adults for adults. The music was great and very well done. It is not Fargo but is not trying to be. The feeling of place was outstanding. See this and you have been to a small town in Canada.Peter Stormare carried the day. He found the character and walked into this world as if he belonged. He was that cop. The rest of the cast was also very good.The story is good but not simple. I didn't know how it was going to end. Does he find redemption? Is he the same man? I liked the film, you should watch this film.
