Andrea Yates believed she was possessed by Satan and could save her children by drowning them. Frailty is as chilling.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Paxton's Dad may be the most terrifying father to appear in a horror film since Jack Nicholson went crazily homicidal in "The Shining."Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Well-crafted, disturbing Texas gothic thriller, a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and, some plot blips aside, stays there for the duration.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
It's a small, unassuming movie grasping at whole-hog homo psychopathicus, with its feet planted squarely in Texan grave dirt and its head lost in the ether of Christian derangement.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Against all odds in heaven and hell, it creeped me out just fine.Read Full Review »
You have to give credit to Frailty for jiggering up the formula a bit, so that what starts as an ominously low-key study of a boy coming of age with a mad father escalates into a combination of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Breaking the Waves" -- Grand Guignol religiosity.Read Full Review »
As disappointing as the wrap-up is, it can't erase the chilling psychological warfare that represents the majority of what precedes it.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
The payoff isn't worth the time invested, but at least the actor-turned-filmmaker underplays an inherently queasy project that could have been over the top.Read Full Review »