is a multi-stranded story of two serial killer lovers, a very questionable priest, a pair of orphans and a compromised sheriff who make their way through life in a backwater town in post-war America. has desensitised me to stories that deal with the darker side of humanity, but I was surprised at just how absorbed I was by the pretty messed-up .
is steeped in religious imagery and religious language to the point that it outstrips even the most unashamedly proselyting"faith film" in its Christian messaging. Not that it is in any way, shape or form a"faith film" in the traditional sense – if nothing else it seems pretty agnostic about religion and God, in general – but it absolutely is a tale of divine retribution repackaged into a post-war morality tale.
Further cementing the feel of this all being something of a fable is the narration, which is supplied by Pollock himself. Mind you, the narration sometimes reminds me just a bit too much of a Coen brothers movie for some reason – and all due respect to Campos, I can only imagine what the Coens would do with this story – so it often feels like the film is lighter and more comedic than it is, but in this case that might not be a bad thing.
Admittedly, this intriguing balancing act occasionally works to the film's detriment. It's blackly comedic but never actually funny; it's pulpy but not pulpy enough; it's very slightly otherworldly but just a bit too restrained to really cash in on its atmospheric settings. This makes for something that is a bit straighter and flatter than the Southern Gothic genre usually calls for, with the failure for the dark comedy to land being particularly problematic.
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