A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.
Acting
Martha Plimpton's devastating fragility; Nick Stahl's silent terror.
Direction
Tim Blake Nelson's debut: confident, theatrical, unflinching.
Cinematography
Bleached Oklahoma skies that feel like judgment.
Director
Tim Blake Nelson
Martha Plimpton
Ainsley DuPree
Kevin Anderson
Jack Stillings
Nick Stahl
Tom Spencer
Richard Jenkins
Willard Sprague
Margo Martindale
Dorothy
Maggie Moore
Janice
Mary Kay Place
Claire Spencer
Hal Holbrook
Sheriff Rogers
Chris Freihofer
Les Hector
Woody Watson
Glen Briggs
Wally Welch
R.J. Prichard
Carolyn Wickwire
Mrs. Rogers
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