The case is revisited with painstaking detail, and a riveting picture emerges once again about misunderstood outsiders.
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeFore
Far from being overkill, the well-conceived drama featuring A-listers Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in key roles, will bring this infuriating tale of injustice to many mainstream moviegoers for the first time.
What’s most frustrating about Devil’s Knot—especially for longtime Egoyan fans—is how generic the movie becomes every time it folds another wrinkle into the case.
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Village VoiceAlan Scherstuhl
Village VoiceAlan Scherstuhl
Egoyan musters some of the power he brought to The Sweet Hereafter, another lost-children tale, but little of the lyric beauty or sense of a community coming unglued.
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Film.comCalum Marsh
Film.comCalum Marsh
Rather than thrilling, the courtroom sequences seem only enervating, nudging us toward a quiet outrage.