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The Devil All The Time – The Bleakest Movie of 2020 | Video Review

September 13, 2020 by EJ Moreno

The Devil All The Time, 2020.

Directed by Antonio Campos.
Starring Tom Holland, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Robert Pattinson, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Bill Skarsgård, Haley Bennett, Harry Melling, and Mia Wasikowska.

Brutal and bleak, The Devil All The Time is one of the toughest viewings of 2020. From director Antonio Campos, this is a film that is hard to recommend, no matter how great feels at times. Join our critic EJ Moreno as he discusses the latest outing from Netflix. While he does see what everyone loves about Robert Pattinson in this film, you can’t ignore the power of Tom Holland.

Watch the review below, and be sure to head on over to our YouTube channel for more videos and exclusive content…

SEE ALSO: Read our written review of The Devil All The Time here

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters — an unholy preacher (Robert Pattinson), twisted couple (Jason Clarke and Riley Keough), and crooked sheriff (Sebastian Stan) — converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. Spanning the time between World War II and the Vietnam war, director Antonio Campos’ THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME renders a seductive and horrific landscape that pits the just against the corrupted.

The Devil All the Time arrives on Netflix on September 16th.

 

Originally published September 13, 2020. Updated September 17, 2020.

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Antonio Campos, Bill Skarsgård, Eliza Scanlen, Haley Bennett, Harry Melling, Jason Clarke, Mia Wasikowska, netflix, Riley Keough, Robert Pattinson, Sebastian Stan, The Devil All the Time, Tom Holland

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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