Really Surprised!

Excellent adaptation.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Ths movie took my attention when I saw the high IMDB rating, but it was kind of a disappointment for me. I think what makes people rate it so high was the plot twist factor (which was kind of obvious from the beginning, but still not bad), but other than that the acting was mostly stale. The father character (Bill Paxton) was far from convincing, and unfortunately, the flashbacks consisting of him and the kids make up a big portion of the movie. I think it could turn out to be a much better movie with better directing and acting. Overall, the movie felt like a random X File episode to me.

It was boring and never scary. I don't understand why this father would randomly assume everyone's a demon. It was religious, but it wasn't scary or paced well. They were doing God's work, but were they good or bad? When I saw it in the theater, I was looking forward to it, but it seems unfocused and not memorable.

I always felt this film was a bit of a hidden treasure! A unique take of what could be classed as serial killing. Love the concept, a film you should never leave half way, commit to the full story or nothing at all. It has warranted many viewings for me, since 2001.

The movie FRAILTY concerns a father has a vision one night, sent to him by an angel, that he and his young sons have been chosen to kill demons who are hiding as humans. The movie opens with one of the sons, who states his name is Fenton, telling the F.B.I. agent who is handling the "God's Hands Killer" case that he knows who the murderer is. He is not believed initially, but by the end of the movie is able to prove to the agent that he does indeed know who is responsible. The film is generally done in a flashback style with most of the movie concerning Fenton's version of the family's history, how the killings began and continued and what happened when the father realized that Fenton wasn't buying into what his father and brother Adam were saying and doing. He is forced to minimally participate, but refuses to be involved in the actual killings and is subsequently punished by his father. Only when Fenton states he has received a vision as well is he considered to be safe by his father. He has come forward now because he doesn't want to carry around what he knows anymore. Other people have written about the last 1/4 of the film, so I won't spoil it here. Suffice it to say that the plot takes a lot of twists and turns towards the end and rather than taking place in flashback, is done in present day.Overall, I thought the movie was really well done with convincing performances by most of the cast. I do have to say I'm not a fan of Powers Boothe so it would be tough for me to write a fair review of how he did in the film - that being said, I liked the way he played his character the least.This film is not a horror movie in the true sense of the word. It is more of a crime thriller/drama as indicated in IMDb. It is suspenseful, however, and really works well in that regard. There are things that are very easy to miss at first watching. Keep your eyes and ears peeled. I don't want to mention them specifically, but in watching parts of the film a second time things become less muddy leading up to the movie's finish.The only thing I didn't like about FRAILTY was the very end - I had a lot of difficulty with what I felt the message of the movie was and what it appears to support. I won't say anything further than that other than the fact that I found it very disturbing, maybe as it was meant to be.Bottom line is that it is a good crime thriller and would be a good choice for fans of crime and suspense, however, be aware that the ending might be a little hard to swallow for some.