The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Acting
Colin Firth's quiet desperation against institutional rot.
Direction
Egoyan's dreamy dread colliding with documentary realism.
Production
Grimy Arkansas authenticity that reeks of period detail.
Director
Atom Egoyan
Colin Firth
Ron Lax
Reese Witherspoon
Pam Hobbs
Dane DeHaan
Chris Morgan
Mireille Enos
Vicki Hutcherson
Bruce Greenwood
Judge David Burnett
Elias Koteas
Jerry Driver
Stephen Moyer
John Fogelman
Alessandro Nivola
Terry Hobbs
Amy Ryan
Margaret Lax
Robert Baker
Detective Bryn Ridge
Kevin Durand
John Mark Byers
Michael Gladis
Dan Stidham
James Hamrick
Damien Echols
Martin Henderson
Brent Davis
Kristopher Higgins
Jessie Misskelley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Damien Echols was on set as a producer — the man whose life the film depicts watched them film his fictional arrest.
This bombed because the Paradise Lost trilogy already existed; audiences felt they'd seen this story done better in documentary form.
US
