It's classic horror, plain and simple, meant to unsettle and unnerve.
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04/12/02
Frailty (2002)
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Reviews Counted:133
Fresh:98
Rotten:35
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Creepy and disturbing, Frailty is well-crafted, low-key horror.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: FRAILTY is a multi-layered, tightly woven thriller starring Matthew McConaughey and Bill Paxton. Paxton will also be making his directorial debut, surrounded by a talented crew led by Bill Butler... [More]
Starring: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matthew O'Leary
Director: Bill Paxton
Reviews for Frailty
This one leaves plenty to the imagination, and that's its greatest strength.
04/12/02
If the very concept makes you nervous ... you'll have an idea of the film's creepy, scary effectiveness.
04/12/02
Paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre.
04/12/02
This is gruesome, not gripping.
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Moody, perverse, and full to busting with metaphorical cautions, Frailty makes the most of its ambiguous title.
04/12/02
Intellectually cheap: a superficial exploration of child abuse, with some X-Files atmosphere and excessive narrative complication.
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payoff isn't worth the time invested.
04/12/02
Paxton has attempted to make a psychological thriller out of material that has no actual psychology in it.
04/12/02
An extraordinary work, concealing in its depths not only unexpected story turns but also implications, hidden at first, that make it even deeper and more sad.
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Frailty contains all the trappings of the Gothic murder story without any sense of irony, complexity, or graveyard creepiness.
04/12/02
A psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast, actor Bill Paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana.
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Brent Hanley's innovative script and Paxton's nimble guidance lend depth and resonance that belie their status as rookie screenwriter and novice director.
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Frailty represents a strong debut for acting's newest behind -the-camera crossover.
04/12/02
Everything in the movies depends on the strength of the script, and many an indie film has ridden a good script to glory. In this film, the greatest Frailty is the writing.
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Frailty may be only a genre film, but it forcefully reminds us of the degree to which all of us are our parents' ideological captives when we're children.
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Top CriticStrange yet strangely compelling.
04/12/02
Frailty isn't as gory or explicit. But in its child-centered, claustrophobic context, it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing.
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