Rebecca Miller's haunting tale of a young girl driven by her religious obsessions into a frightening world of hallucinogenic images and superstitious delusion. There are touching performances by the two principal girl actors, Miranda Stuart Rhyne and Charlotte Eve Blythe. Rhyne, in particular, is engaging as the young protagonist caught in a heavenly struggle between good and evil to save her mentally ill mother. She convincingly portrays Angela as a determined and feisty but naive and vulnerable child in equal measure; someone who is headstrong but literally open to abuse.
There is a fine director's commentary on the DVD narrated by Miller exploring the themes and motivations that went into the making of the film.
There is a fine director's commentary on the DVD narrated by Miller exploring the themes and motivations that went into the making of the film.