The Devil All the Time (2020)

Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.

Director:

Antonio Campos

Writers:

Antonio Campos (screenplay by), Paulo Campos (screenplay by)

Stars:

Donald Ray Pollock, Bill Skarsgård, Tom Holland

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Donald Ray Pollock	...	Narrator (voice)
Bill Skarsgård	...	Willard
Tom Holland	...	Arvin
Michael Banks Repeta	...	Arvin at 9
Emilio Subercaseaux Campos	...	Baby Arvin
Haley Bennett	...	Charlotte
Kristin Griffith	...	Emma
Sebastian Stan	...	Deputy Lee Bodecker
Riley Keough	...	Sandy
Jason Clarke	...	Carl
Harry Melling	...	Roy
Pokey LaFarge	...	Theodore
Eliza Scanlen	...	Lenora
Robert Pattinson	...	Rev. Preston Teagardin
David Atkinson	...	Earskell

Storyline

Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There's Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can't save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his "prayer log." There's Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America's highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There's the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte's orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.

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Plot Keywords:

male full frontal nudity | neo noir | male rear nudity | evil | post war | 

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Taglines:

Everyone ends up in the same damned place.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, bloody/disturbing images, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language throughout

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tom Holland and Sebastian Stan have both starred in multiple MCU projects, including 3 MCU movies together: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The film was also produced by Holland's Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) co-star Jake Gyllenhaal. Additionally, Robert Pattinson is a DC star, playing the titular role in The Batman (2022).

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Goofs

Russell's 1948-1950 Ford truck has a late-model steering column, steering wheel, and column shift for an automatic transmission. It's seen early when Russell drives over to beat up the poachers. That truck would have had a manual transmission and a very different steering wheel.

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Quotes

Deputy Lee Bodecker: Some people were born just so they could be buried.

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Connections

Featured in Sean Chandler Talks About: The Devil All the Time Movie Review (2020)

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Soundtracks

Old Ship of Zion
Traditional
Performed by Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys
Courtesy of Rebel Records of Virginia

User Reviews

Holland and Pattinson lead an amazing cast!

I never read the book "The Devil All the Time" so I didn't know what to expect but I really enjoyed this movie. Tom Holland & Robert Pattinson lead an All-Star cast that are all at the top of their game here. Pattinson is amazing as usual. He's quickly become one of the better actors around and Holland? Wow, this is such a dramatic role that shows how good of an actor he really is.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Devil All the Time

Filming Locations:

33 W 10th Street, Anniston, Alabama, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bronx Moving Co., Nine Stories Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

138 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1