Fresh
"Small Town Murder Songs" moves so deliberately, with such confident authority, that every small event takes on cumulative significance...
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Small Town Murder Songs
2010 · 1h 15m · R
Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Ed Gass-Donnelly
Overview
Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident some months before. As the young woman is identified, it becomes apparent that Walter's former love interest may be lying.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Beneath a deceptive calm, it uncovers a core of fear and loathing as ominous as the backwoods world of "Winter's Bone."
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
The soundtrack ... goes miles toward making what would be an unmanageably dour experience into an acute emotional resonance; the songs are freed to say more than the characters onscreen.
Alison Willmore, AV Club
Fresh
A redemption parable that occasionally finds balladlike lyricism in its biblical solemnity and oddball Lynchian rhythms.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
Boldly succinct yet confident enough to take its time.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
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