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Frailty

2002 · 100 min

A slow-burn, unsettling descent into religious madness that keeps you tense and guessing, with a haunting atmosphere and a twist that recontextualizes everything.

Directed by
Bill Paxton
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
Tagline
No soul is safe.
Overview
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

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Directed by
Bill Paxton
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Crime
Starring
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • family
  • madness
  • violence
  • deception
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller, crime
Directed by
Bill Paxton
Written by
Brent Hanley
Starring
Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Levi Kreis, Missy Crider, Luke Askew
Music
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Wilmer Butler
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America, Germany
Languages
English

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