Joe Locastro

The reality of this movie is breathtakingly horrifying. Being based on a true story makes it all the more terrifying. The monsters in this movie are young pre teen boys and a middle aged woman. The woman is filled with rage and hate for young females caused by years of abuse and neglect from men in her life who replaced her with younger women or just used her and threw her away like trash. The molten Poisen inside her is generously shared with her sons in a flood of engulfing normality in the horrific things they do to Meg without even a thought of it being wrong. any neighborhood boy (or girl) that can be seduced into this dark place was lured with beer, cigarettes and “the game”. Misogyny steeped in sadism turned into daily acts with not remorse or guilt or second thought. The movie will touch a chord in your heart and you will feel Meg’s pain and confusion. A well done movie that brings you into real acts that happened in 1958.

This movie shows the stark truth of how prison and the stigma of a murderer released Back into society challenges not only the ex-convict but those surrounding them in society. Throughout the film there are flashback scenes that tie together effortlessly but still hide a surprise ending different then the run of the mill mass produced mind numbers you think you could deduce. Bullock’s performance through the first 3/4 of the movie is guarded and steeped in pain and defensive behavior. At the 3/4 mark of the movie is when Bullocks performance opens up to a satisfactory emotional display of anguish wrapped in long held pain and the tension starts to ramp up. The pain and anger felt by Bullocks character as well as the real human consequence’s of life’s betrayal’’s and treachery are acted out in good quality. This movie was a good thriller with twist and turns and surprises. I will watch it again