In Oklahoma, Agnes, a lonely waitress living in an isolated and dilapidated roadside motel, meets Peter, a quiet and mysterious man with whom she establishes a peculiar relationship.
Acting
Michael Shannon's unhinged intensity is genuinely terrifying.
Direction
Friedkin traps you in that motel room until you can't breathe.
Writing
Tracy Letts' play adaptation simmers then explodes.
Director
William Friedkin
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