Frailty
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Movie Reviews of Frailty
Movie Review: One of My Favorite Movies of the Last Few Years
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw the trailer for Frailty shortly before it was released theatrically, and knew I had to go see it as soon as I saw that Sam Raimi had given it a great review. When the director of the Evil Dead trilogy, A Simple Plan, and most recently Spiderman gives a movie a good review I know I have to see it.So I found myself in the theater a week or so later, viewing for the first time what would become one of my favorite films in recent memory.
Frailty is an edge of the seat thriller. Bill Paxton, in his directorial debut, stars as the father of two young boys, who claims God has chosen him as a warrior, a man chosen to battle the demons that roam our earth in human form. He convinces the youngest of his sons, but has trouble getting his eldest son to believe the story. The scary thing about this film is, Bill Paxton truly believes it himself.
The two kids are witness to their father murdering a number of "demons" in their toolshed, and with each murder the oldest son feels more and more tension growing between him and his father, and even tries to convince his younger brother to run away with him.
The kids are wonderful actors, and Bill Paxton is amazing. He is a truly talented actor, and as he proves with this film, a very talented director as well.
Some of the scenes in this movie are very disturbing, and they deal with murder and child abuse, but it's all key to the plot. I strongly recommend this movie to any fan of suspense thrillers, most notably A Simple Plan by Sam Raimi and more recently Panic Room by David Fincher. But this is a movie I think everybody can appreciate.
Movie Review: excellent movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I was hooked from start to finish, it really draws you in.. but for those people that are bashing this movie because it's unethical, or sends a bad message, you need to really think about what you are saying.
There is nothing wrong with this movie, it's not promoting killing all non-catholics. Nobody is going to watch this movie and be convinced that they should go out killing any "demons."(but then with the thought-pattern of some of the people who reviewed this film, im not completely sure..)
The main character in Frailty is obviously not right in the head.. thats probably why they have Fenton there to even out the father. The viewers are supposed to question to themselves, whats really going on, is this man really receiving messages from God? I know I asked myself this many times, and was very curious.. which makes this a great movie..
it made me think, and made me put myself in Fentons shoes, but i never once got the urge to kill non-catholics, or call them "demons." Thats not the message of the movie, in reality there is no message, it's just a very entertaining movie that you can pass 1 1/2 hours watching. After the movie ended I was still fascinated, and I looked up different things about the movie because it got me hooked and i enjoyed the plot and characters, they all did an awesome acting job.(especially Jeremy Sumpter)
and as far as im concerned, if I can get that fascinated by the movie, so go and look up more stuff about the movie then it must have done it's job, and done it very well.
Movie Review: an excellent creepy movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Frailty in an amazing movie. It is genuinely creepy and it presents everything that you see in a serious way that suggests that it is real. The story is narrated by Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey plays Fenton Meeks, a man who went to the FBI with the information that he knows who the God's Hand killer is. Fenton tells the FBI agent that the killer is, in fact, Fenton's brother. However, to convince the agent, Fenton has to slowly tell the family history of how this would have come to be. Fenton tells of his family, a widower and his two sons. Everything is normal until the father wakes the two boys up in the middle of the night and tells them that he just had a vision from God. The vision told him that there are demons walking around, and the Meeks family has been chosen by God to destroy the demons. Sounds kind of whacked out, huh? The movie presents this straightforward, with the only doubting coming from a young Fenton (though the comprise the bulk of the movie, these are flashback scenes).
Fenton tells the story to the FBI agent as they drive to where the bodies are buried. It is a creepy story, but a very compelling one to watch. Like any good horror movie, there is a twist, but how much you anticipate it depends on how perceptive you are. There is a second deeper twist beyond the obvious that you might expect.
This is a well crafted first movie directed by Bill Paxton (who also stars as Fenton's father), and is worth watching without question. Frailty is also worth owning. An excellent movie.
Movie Review: Paxton Shines In Directorial Debut
Summary: 5 Stars
Bill Paxton must've been really thinking smart when he decided to direct this high-octane chill-ride from start to finish. FRAILTY is a major success for Paxton on all levels, and his role in the movie is every bit as important. His chilling lines and his more-than-frightening atmosphere really keep you on the edge of your seat. Although the pace of the movie is a bit slow at times, Paxton and other stars like Matt O'Leary and Matthew McConaughey provide excellent roles and really manage to shine bright. The scenes where the supposed "demons" are disposed of are truly frightening, without having to show any blood, guts, or gore. And one particular scene involving Matthew McConaughey and the detective will truly make you jump (let's just say the "ax" is chilling in this scene). This movie has thrills, chills, and all the right ingredients for a scary movie...and succeeds quite well.Bill Paxton was smart to make FRAILTY. Critically acclaimed and hailed by many who went to see it, myself included, this DVD movie is worth the purchase and worth the ultimate attention. If you watch this movie before bedtime, you might not want to go to sleep right away...it's just that scary. And for more reasons than one can think, that's exactly why Paxton, McConaughey, and FRAILTY shine. A brilliant movie, and a solid director debut for Bill Paxton. Two thumbs up...WAY UP!
Movie Review: much more than just a horror film
Summary: 5 Stars
What would you do if your single, loving, upright father came into your room as a child, and told both you and your little brother that God had just delivered a message to him, and that you were all "super-heroes" in a sense, placed on this Earth to get rid of certain "demons", disguised as human beings?This is one disturbing movie, folks. It aims to creep you out, and it delivers on all sides The story was intriguing, the mood was devastatingly eerie, the transition between the family's early days together and its eventual path was well handled, the psychological effects on the kids was credible, and the scenes in which certain people were murdered, were also quite shocking
But I have to say that what really kept me into this movie was the relationship between the father and his sons. This flick could've been blown off if this connection had not been played out with tangible credibility or love behind it, but Paxton does a great job, as both an actor and director, of giving the audience a true sense of the father's struggle between the love for his sons and his apparent "mission from God". You see him fighting with this dilemma throughout the movie, and the ultimate revelation about all of the film's events, makes it all, that much sadder I really loved this movie. An amazing achievement by a first-time director and the best film that I've seen so far this year.