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Movie Overview
Cast
• Bill Paxton
• Matthew McConaughey
• Powers Boothe
Director
• Bill Paxton
MPAA Rating
R - violence and some language
Frailty (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh
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"Obligada si gustan del suspenso, una muestra digna de un actor que filma y, en su dimensión, una cinta valiosa y bien llevada. "  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

4/4
"...knows exactly what to show and what to let us imagine."  NutzWorld  Blake French

B+
"a deliberative film, not an action film"  AboutFilm.com  Carlo Cavagna

"Moody, perverse, and full to busting with metaphorical cautions, Frailty makes the most of its ambiguous title."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

4/4
"Frailty is dark, disturbing, twisted, thought-provoking, and probably one of the most well crafted and profound films to come out of Hollywood in the recent past."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

C
"It's all surface psychodramatics."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2.5/4
"A consistently involving experience, but the ending really does let down every that came before it."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

2.5/4
"The film plays out like a big-screen spin-off of "The Simpsons" starring Ned, Rod and Todd Flanders."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

C
"...actually misleads you into thinking it's good."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

A-
"A nearly perfect genre piece...ingenious, lovingly crafted and genuinely creepy."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2.5/4
"Although Frailty may not be a complete success, it offers ample evidence that Paxton could have a career in the director's chair."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3.5/4
"much more than just a horror film, it is an exploration of the relationship between humankind and God"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

4/5
"Actor Bill Paxton's directorial debut is a stark horror film full of surprises -- and genuine scares."  Netflix  James Rocchi

4/10
"[God] ought to sue Bill Paxton for defamation of character."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

D
"Frailty contains all the trappings of the Gothic murder story without any sense of irony, complexity, or graveyard creepiness."  Matinee Magazine  Jeremiah Kipp

6/10
"Decent if disturbing, but not quite as effective as it could and should have been."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

9/10
"This is one disturbing movie, folks. It aims to creep you out, and it delivers on all sides."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

5/5
"My mind is frail after watching this movie."  3BlackChicks Review  Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel

1.5/5
"Some good ideas went into the meat grinder, but what came out was largely uninteresting absurdist mush."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

"Not much better than your average straight-to-video B-movie. "  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B
"Bill Hanley's prescient script features a man on an apocalyptic mission from God tailor made for 2002... "  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/5
"A psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast, actor Bill Paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural Americana."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

4/4
"Haunting and challenging to the mind, the conscience, and many preconceived notions. It’s already easily one of the year’s best films."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

2/4
"The concept behind Frailty is terrifying, but the ending ruins the movie"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

"Damned creepy. It sends a shiver up my spine just thinking about the movie."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3.5/4
"One of the most unsettling horror films in recent memory."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4.5/5
"Grim and dark, but also endlessly inventive and shocking."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

4/4
"This is one of the creepiest and most disturbing movies I've ever seen."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

2/5
"Feels like Sling Blade rewritten at a crawl by Stephen King."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

B
"'Frailty" starts out like a typical Bible killer story, but it turns out to be significantly different (and better) than most films with this theme."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

5/5
"I don't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director, but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he's made at least one damn fine horror movie."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

3.5/4
"I've always thought that a warning label should be placed on the Good Book."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

9/10
Read review  Modamag.com  Brian Orndorf

B
Read review  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

2.5/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

8/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

2/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

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OFCS Rating: 73% Fresh
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