Overview
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.
MovieMagicScore Overview
Auto-generatedMichael Winterbottom directs this disturbing 2010 thriller set in small-town west Texas, where a soft-spoken deputy sheriff projects decency while concealing a sadistic, sociopathic nature. As his hidden compulsions surface, the film delivers an unflinching portrait of evil masked by ordinary respectability. Drawn from noir source material, it blends crime and drama with a cold, deliberate intensity, exploring violence, deception, and the gulf between public image and private monstrosity. Its tone is bleak and confrontational, intended for adult viewers comfortable with dark, uncompromising character studies. With a MagicMovieScore of 5.8, it remains a divisive, challenging piece of crime cinema.
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Top Cast
Casey Affleck
Lou Ford
Kate Hudson
Amy Stanton
Jessica Alba
Joyce Lakeland
Ned Beatty
Chester Conway
Tom Bower
Sheriff Bob Maples
Simon Baker
Howard Hendricks
Bill Pullman
Billy Boy Walker
Elias Koteas
Joe Rothman
603 ratings. The score is reasonably stable but could shift up to 0.12 as more ratings come in.
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Movie Info
Release Date
February 19, 2010
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
R
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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