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Frailty

2002Movie1 h 40 minR

DramaThriller
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic646.8Rotten Tomatoes76%79%
70
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2Letterboxd3.5/5Metacritic646.8Rotten Tomatoes76%79%

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."

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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Fingerprint

  • Keeps you guessing.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Gets under your skin.
  • Pulls you in.

Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Conveniently Distorted Evidence FootageRare · in 21 titlesFenton Meiks mentions that his father, an apparently insane Serial Killer, believed he was under God's protection and as such was undetectable while doing God's work, including by cameras.Decoy BackstoryRare · in 23 titlesFenton Meiks confesses to an incredulous FBI agent about burying his brother Adam, the "God's Hand" Serial Killer the agent was hunting; most of the film is Fenton narrating his childhood as he watch…All 51 tropes

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