Frailty

2001

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

56
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 154 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 98641 98.6K

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Plot summary

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."

Director

Bill Paxton Photo
Bill Paxton

Top cast

Rebecca Tilney Photo
Rebecca Tilney as Teacher
Matthew McConaughey Photo
Matthew McConaughey as Fenton Meiks
Cynthia Ettinger Photo
Cynthia Ettinger as Cynthia Harbridge
Bill Paxton Photo
Bill Paxton as Dad Meiks
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758.30 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by lee_eisenberg 7 / 10

Don't worry: it won't leave you feeling frail.

A story about a single father trying to convince his two sons that there's demons everywhere seems like the sort of thing that would come out completely idiotic. But they pull it off here rather neatly. It's the story of how Dad Meiks (Bill Paxton, in his directorial debut) got his sons to help him kill people whom he claimed were demons in 1970s Texas. Does he sound crazy? Maybe, but after you see the movie, you may have doubts about everything. Because believe you me, contrary to what you may expect, Matthew McConaughey can actually play a creepy role; and that's just what he does here.Texas sure has turned out some interesting directors: first Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson, and now Bill Paxton.
Reviewed by xuenylomluap 7 / 10

Salut, Bill Paxton.

This was recommended to me, and now I'm surprised it passed me by! A great play on the serial killer theme, and hearing voices from God, which many real life killers claim to have experienced. With solid direction from the late Bill Paxton and great acting throughout. And for a more mainstream horror movie, it still packed some serious punches.Salut, Bill Paxton.
Reviewed by maxalmonte 7 / 10

A beautiful exploration of what having blind faith means

Frailty is a psychological thriller released in 2001 but definitively one escaped from the 90s, the pacing, narrative and visual style undeniably make it feel like so.The film follows two little boys, the brothers Adam and Fenton Meiks, and their dad (Bill Paxton), a typical family in a small town in Texas, that is until an angel reveals a mission to the father, a holly one, one sent by god himself and that mission is to destroy the evil on Earth, to destroy demons.The greatness of this film rests on the narration style and the multiple plot twists along the way. It's not visually impressive, and the score is nothing to remember; besides a jump scare here and there you will not be frightened while watching this film. However one thing Frailty gets right is storytelling, keeping you on the edge of your seat basically for its entirety.The central theme of Frailty is religion. I find the film to be a beautiful exploration of what having blind faith means and how god works in mysterious ways.Directed by Bill Paxton (his first work as a director), Frailty is, and will continue to be my favorite horror film of all time, and watching it multiple times just make me appreciate it time and time again, but in a different way every time. If you have not watched it, you are missing out big time!
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