Review – The Tall Man

The folks in distribution went out of their ways to make this look like a supernatural slasher movie, which it most certainly is not. Normally I wouldn’t fault a filmmaker for the misdeeds of the publicity department, but writer/director Pascal Laugier spends the first half of the movie conveying that same false impression. So when it turns out to be an uneven blend of hillbilly melodrama and grim meditation on poverty and child abuse, the new angle meets with a cold reception. Pick a movie and make it. Or at least do a better job of mixing genres. See if desperate