| Frailty Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 1.5/5) |
| It takes the combined influence of a free copy and a friend's
recommendation to make me sit through a Matthew McConaughey movie.
Frailty was nominated in a few year-end lists so I thought hey, it
can't be all bad. It wasn't all bad, but I can't say I...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| A father (Bill Paxton) has just received word from god to carry out
its mission: killing the demons that walk among us. He recruits his
two children, Adam (Jeremy Sumpter) and Fenton Meiks (Matthew O'Leary)
to carry out the serial killings, one of whom...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| FRAILTY (director: Bill Paxton; screenwriter: Brent Hanley; cinematographer:
Bill Butler; editor: Arnold Glassman; music: Brian Tyler; cast: Bill Paxton
(Dad), Matthew McConaughey (Fenton Meiks), Powers Boothe (Agent Wesley Doyle),
Matthew O'Leary...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C) |
| Frailty is a movie that actually misleads you into
thinking its good. Up until three minutes before the
end credits, in fact, I was ready to unabashedly rave
in this space, praising an intelligent, frightening,
unsparing psychological thriller. Then...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| You know that Rear Window spoof episode of The Simpsons in which a
wheelchair-bound Bart is convinced Ned Flanders has murdered his wife?
Imagine a feature-film version of that particular episode, and that will
give you a pretty good background for...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| Serial killers have come and gone in the last few years, in everything from "The
Silence of the Lambs" to "American Psycho." "Frailty" has a different spin - it
places an ambiguous supernatural twist that may sound absurd but proves as
chilling as any...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Directed by Bill Paxton. Screenplay by Brent Hanley. Starring Paxton,
Matthew McConaughey, Matthew O'Leary. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated AA
by the MFCB. Reviewed on April 23rd, 2002. more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 8/10) |
| CAPSULE: An intelligent horror film covering some of
the same territory as GOD TOLD ME TO. A Texas father
and his two sons participate in a series of murders
believing they were told to do so by an angel. Star
and director Bill...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| FBI Agent Wesley Doyle (Powers Boothe, "U-Turn") is visited by a man
who says he's Fenton Meiks (Matthew McConaughey, "The Wedding Planner") and
knows who the 'God's Hand' killer is. Doyle's doubtful, but agrees to drive
the cuffed man to the Thurman...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 9/10) |
| PLOT:
What would you do if your single, loving, upright father came into your room as
a child, and told both you and your little brother that God had just delivered a
message to him, and that you were all "super-heroes" in a sense, placed on this
Earth...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 7/10) |
| You know that Rear Window spoof episode of The Simpsons in which a
wheelchair-bound Bart is convinced Ned Flanders has murdered his wife?
Imagine a feature-film version of that particular episode, and that will
give you a pretty good background for...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Bill Paxton's FRAILTY is a sad, creepy tale about a mass murderer who acts on
what he believes are God's orders. Paxton, in his directorial debut, does a
masterful job directing, but he would have been better off casting someone other
than himself as...more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Lions Gate Films
Director: Bill Paxton
Writer: Brent Hanley
Cast: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe,
Jeremy Sumpter, Matt O'Leary
Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 3/20/02 more |
| Frailty Review |
| by Joshua Tyler (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| What if God spoke to you? No, I'm not talking about last night when you
drank that bottle of tequila. What if he came to you sober and gave you
a mission? more |
