A rare blend of tension and enchantment, terrible acts strung together with passages good will, with honesty and admission ("getting right") surfacing in interesting ways throughout. The actors, especially Pell James, give strong performances, and the drifting shot through the penultimate scene is sublime. The final scene feels unfortunately clipped, however.

My rating would almost be double but I made mistake of listening to commentary track by two self congratulatory pseudo-intellectuals (research guys - John Wesley Hardin doesn't end in a "g"). Statements like, "He took a hard piss there." Showing that has nothing to do with art not in this instance anyway. Also, they talk down to the viewers e.g." People and the front office hate ambiguity." I love it but give me a film that has characters I care about. Rather hear more objective commentary.

"Arranges its easy targets like a gunman lining up beer cans to shoot." - Nick Schager

Good film.

Too nihilistic.