Genuinely creepy Southern Gothic thriller that once again proves that in horror movies, sometimes less is actually more.
80
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
It's good old-fashioned rural gothic that would make Flannery O'Connor proud, with tricky switcheroos that keep shaking up our assumptions about what's going on.
75
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Against all odds in heaven and hell, it creeped me out just fine.
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
It's the cinematic equivalent of a good page-turner, and even if it's nonsense, its claws dig surprisingly deep.
Most of Frailty is so good -- done in a low-key, realistic mood of genuine creepiness and dread -- that it doesn't need formula shocks.
60
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
Audiences are destined to debate the film's final scenes, where Hanley piles on plot twists, leading to a coda that turns a creepily ambiguous story about God and the terrifying power of paternal love into something closer to an X-File.
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
There's a good little psychological thriller buried underneath all the manufactured shocks, in the story of a powerless child standing alone against a parent's mental illness.