Devils Knot

  • 2014


MOVIE IS forensic dramatic interesting powerful dignified
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32 %
24 % Rotten
$ 2 Million
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Positive Reviews 22
Negative reviews 33
Average Rating 2.4/5
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1.5
But Devils Knot is an inert exercise, visually and dramatically on par with Drew Peterson: Untouchable. Av Club
2.0
Misguided, melodramatic and ultimately pointless, Devils Knot pales in comparison to the fine documentaries that have already scrutinized the West Mem .. We Got This Covered
1.5
But Devils Knot doesnt have the cool tinged sorrow of an Ego Arts production. Screen Daily
2.0
Unfortunately, it still cant offset the imbalance at the heart of this curiously dry and confusing legal thriller. Vulture
2.7
Through it all, Firth and especially Witherspoon (who nicely captures her undereducated characters accent and smokers rasp) deliver focused, engaging .. Paste Magazine
3.1
Truth might not be stranger than fiction, but its surely messier, and often more surprising.The best nonfiction filmmaking (and traditional written jo .. Rogerebert
3.0
The problem is how much dogged legwork the film has to do to show us where the holes in the prosecutions case were, and how little room gets left for .. Telegraph
2.0
Leaving all of the characters so one dimensional makes Devils Knot feel entirely shallow. Cinema Blend
2.0
Between the flat visual style and stiff staging, his film feels like a televised dramatization. Ny Daily News
1.5
This is a footnote that merely regurgitates facts a lot of us already know, and never dramatizes them in a gripping, absorbing way.Its never anything .. JoBlo
3.1
Or, with the help of Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, bring a new kind of attention and nuance to this adversarial story.Do they succe .. The Globe And Mail
2.5
Its just not a very good one.Its certainly not a film one would expect from Egoyan, who has visited similar ground in The Sweet Hereafter, a sublime c .. Philly
2.5
But while Egoyans stately, somber (and starry) take on the early stages of the story is certainly an earnest effort to portray the miscarriage of just .. One Guys Opinion
2.5
Its a epic tragedy, and summing it up in under two hours does nobody justice. Rogers Movie Nation
2.5
10 1 5 / 10 The saga of the West Memphis Three has been recounted in three documentaries by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, and another documentary .. Blu Ray
3.1
A nimble filmmaker, Egoyan wisely underplays the exploitative aspects of the story and never loses sight of the tragic deaths.The brutal slayings whip .. Usa Today
3.0
However, the film runs the risk of fogging the truth by moulding the narrative into an exercise in emotional button pushing. Radio Times
2.0
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t .. Pop Matters
2.5
However, its dramatization pales in comparison to the real life suspense and crazy characters found in Berlinger and Sinofskys nonfiction trilogy. Film Journal
1.0
Something that wouldnt fail to further illuminate the terrible emotions provoked by the tragedy.Devils Knot manages the full hat trick. The Guardian
2.0
Reese Witherspoon is given a feathercut and scattered Oscar reel moments as a blowsy bereaved mother, Colin Firth a permanently furrowed brow as the i .. The Guardian
2.0
This dramatic reconstruction of a real life crime that has already spawned three convictions and four documentaries (but no sense of closure or certai .. The Guardian
2.5
Names remain the same, and actors have been cast for their resemblance to real people. Smh
2.5
Unfortunately, it is not enough to rescue Devils Knot from general irrelevance, since it doesnt have enough of a unique take on the overly familiar ma .. Q Network
2.0
The result feels more like a stiff book report than a sobering account of an all American tragedy. Empire
3.8
Its a tale that has already been well told in a series of documentaries called Paradise Lost.Because of all the bizarre circumstances, it is still wor .. Observer
2.0
Lacking community or connection, its a movie of gloomy resignation. Common Sense Media
1.9
Its fair to ask what a fictional film based on the murder trial of the three teenagers known as the West Memphis Three can potentially offer a cultura .. Slant Magazine
1.0
The mix of real footage and dramatized segments of that latter series helped to define a hackneyed genre of its own, the true crime melodrama TV thril .. Slant Magazine
3.5
Ms. Bergs film followed the case through to its conclusion in 2011, when the defendants were finally released from prison.Under what is known legally .. The New York Times
2.0
Maybe it needed a director like David Fincher to capture the deep, dark dread of what happened but in the hands of Atom Egoyan it barely scratches the .. Express
3.8
Oddly, this feels a little more like a Clint Eastwood picture than one by Egoyan. The Film Stage
2.5
One could make a case for dramatic license, but the films only real drama is in a mothers grief. Reeling Reviews
2.0
This is a crime that remains officially unsolved, but it has been explored extensively on film already. Flickfilosopher
4.0
For viewers who already know the true life saga this movie may seem redundant, or simply unnecessary, but it accomplishes what it sets out to do fairl .. Blogs Indie Wire
1.5
And its a shame because there is a great ensemble here who couldve made this a powerful piece of material, but they are simply given nothing to work w .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
How could one of cinemas most distinctive voices be responsible for this anonymous docudrama detailing a story already told at least twice Total Film
3.5
Far from being overkill, the well conceived drama featuring A listers Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in key roles, will bring this infuriating tale .. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
An appeal was rejected.In 2007, a request for a retrial was denied too. Standard
1.0
The well to do Lax is a recessive hero, constitutionally sad, as though oppressed by the weight of injustice. Los Angeles Times
2.0
And while Egoyan and Co. are to be commended for doing a tactful, dignified job with material that could have made for a ghoulish horror show, the res .. Variety
3.8
Making a dramatization of the West Memphis Three case was automatically going to be a mixed bag.On one hand, doing it this way and casting big stars l .. Aisle Seat
3.0
At best, his film is capable enough to clearly echo the gut wrenching sadness of the tragedy.However, any meaningful exploration of what may or may no .. Herald Sun
3.1
Its a shame, really, given that both Morse and Monteith are quite good here, but the two actors are all too often left floundering with nothing intere .. Reel Film
2.5
Firth manages the part just fine (hed played an American for director Atom Egoyan before, in the show biz thriller Where the Truth Lies) and Witherspo .. Nj
2.5
But thats simply not Egoyans style.Hes never going to do what Oliver Stone did with JFK or Nixon, bending the truth or abandoning it altogether to amp .. The Star
2.0
Approaches the tragedy suffered by six families and turns it into a vanilla drama that, if werent for the big name cast, would look more at home as a .. Mirror
2.0
In many ways, the movie feels like a TV movie rather than a spellbinding cinematic entity. Digital Spy
1.9
Devils Knot ends after the trial, so this movie is the tale of a Salem style lynch mob. New York Post
1.3
Its not as bad as the ominous nonsense surrounding Rob Lowe in Lifetimes Drew Peterson story, but its not far off. Red Eye Chicago
1.9
Had the film focused on one aspect of this subject matteror, for example, been a character study of Pam Hobbs, who is easily the most interesting char .. Dustin Put Man
3.5
Based on the events documented in West of Memphis and the Paradise Lost trilogy, this drama takes an almost clinical approach to the story.By filling .. Contact Music
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
2.5
With Devils Knot, Egoyan doesnt make this material his own, so much as he halfheartedly restages what a few good documentarians have already shot. Any .. The Dissolve
3.5
Amongst its incidental pleasures are deeply felt performances and a sensibility that transcends the familiar. Sbs
3.0
Devils Knot doesnt totally suck; its a well acted, intriguing mystery. Crave Online
3.0
It should never be forgotten, and this film will make sure it lasts for an eternity on streaming queues. Crave Online
2.5
The scenario has all the suspense and urgency of a mediocre Lifetime melodrama. Bitly
1.0
This is a courtroom drama in which the man fighting the good fight has to wait outside.Devils Knot isnt a total disaster. The Ooh Tray
1.5
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1.5
This, at least, meshes with the films made for TV quality and style, although at this punishing duration, such tidiness hardly seems worth celebrating .. Cinema Scope
3.0
On the face of it, the presence of two best actor Oscar winners should have made this a blockbuster thriller. Birmingham Mail
3.5
Not without its problems, but anything done by Atom Egoyan is worth seeing. Louis Proyect
1.0
Instead the film takes a national tragedy and turns it into a slow slog through the Great Dismal Swamp. Easy Reader News
2.5
In the world of SciFi geekdom, Joss Whedon boasts an immaculate pedigree, having written Toy Story and developed the television series Buffy The Vampi .. Screen Wize
1.0
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3.5
This gruesome horror makes the police open more to looking for evil than forensic evidence. Mavens Nest
3.5
He knows that this is a story a lot of us already know, and by turning it into scripted and acted drama, he allows us to peep and peer at it from asso .. Insidemovies Ew
2.0
As drama, the film does go beyond the documentaries in eliciting painful empathy and quiet despair. Ma Cleans



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