7/10
Disturbingly Spellbinding!
12 November 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Truly in the vein of David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky.

I am going to be honest, this movie made me a little ill to watch straight through considering all the dark nature of the film. So brace thyself - not for the faint of heart.

The story/plot was very unique and had a lot of depth to it. There were some scenes that were quite eerie and graphically disturbing (e.g. drug use; child abuse). I personally felt it wasn't for shock value or just for the sake of doing it 'in the name of art.' Each incident related to another, revealing characters' background; it progressed the story along, but such scenes can be very nauseating and despicable!

The movie is meant to be cryptic and mysterious, thusly the verbal interaction between characters were purposely going to be slightly vague. However, I believe that the dialogue could have been better, or delivered better.

I also think that Danielle Agnello, Joe Hall, and Billy Drago all have a brain for telling and relating stories in a mysterious, surreal manner. I am not familiar with their work, this is my first time seeing anything they ever worked on, and their writing/directing was impressive.

So in conclusion, I believe this movie is well worth the watch provided you are not so easily disturbed or that it might set off your own psychosis.
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