The Quarry (R)

Quicklook Rating★★
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synopsis

From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter's sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.

MovieGoer Review

Moody and brooding, Scott Teems' The Quarry falls loosely within a genre that has been dubbed "Western noir" by some critics. Undoubtedly a serious work that attempts to address immigration tensions and personal redemption, the film suffers... MORE

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synopsis

From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter's sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.

MovieGoer Review

Moody and brooding, Scott Teems' The Quarry falls loosely within a genre that has been dubbed "Western noir" by some critics. Undoubtedly a serious work that attempts to address immigration tensions and personal redemption, the film suffers... MORE