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If you have a soul and if you think about life versus half of these slubs reviewing then watch this film. This is serious stuff for adults and not the mindless rabble brought up on popcorn bs. Forget these crap artists. This is a poem in film. A rumination on adult themes for adults and not the slobbering mindless who get bored easily. Again, if you want a movie for thinking people with brains and soul watch this. Forget the bad reviews of these booger eating pond dwellers who have no capacity to feel and are scared of real emotion. This is for adults and not thrill a second children raised on action movies . Trust me you will be rewarded and if the ending doesn't make you weep about what it says about life and the frailty of love then check your pulse.

Another in the welcome line of modern westerns such as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (an obvious influence in tone), No Country For Old Men, etc. Tim Blake Nelson is a revelation here, and the entire cast is outstanding. The ending will F you up unless you are really paying attention and even if you guess it's done with style and aplomb. The soundtrack is moody and haunting, the setting perfectly bleak. The flashbacks may confuse and distract at first but make sense when you know the ending. A shame this has flown under the radar, but search it out as you will like it. It's haunting.

Making a film today is hard, especially quirky and thoughtful ones. The story was intriguing, the acting top-notch, art and cinematic direction was also better than expected. It's a brave little movie willing to stretch the envelope while staying believable. Bowers is a mix of. Jason Schwartzman and Bruce McCulloch with a drop of Crispin Glover lunacy around the edges, while Jimmi Simpson has traces of early James Spader creepiness. Look quick and see Chris Hardwick in a cameo, too. Not a bad or off performance in the movie. Dee Wallace shines as the mother and. Mark Boone is great in a droll performance as is Kevin Corrigan. Give it a try.