Child of God
Murder is his salvation
Murder is his salvation
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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2014
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A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, he descends to the level of a cave dweller and falls deeper into crime and degradation.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
28 Apr 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Beautifully shot, well acted, and the score is lovely, but the film has nothing to say about the human degradation in which it wallows. If you're gonna make me smell dung for two hours, at least fertilize my lawn.
– Alonso Duralde,
TheWrap,
3 Aug 2014
rotten:
There's no denying Franco's ambition, and in "Child of God" you can see evidence (almost for the first time) that he's reaching for something he may one day attain.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
1 Aug 2014
fresh:
"Child of God" fascinates like a song sung just out of tune but rhythmically sturdy enough to keep you listening in the hopes it'll right itself.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Aug 2014
fresh:
Surprisingly pretty good.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
1 Aug 2014
rotten:
This wrong-headed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's taut 1973 novel, as interpreted by director James Franco, spends too much time trying to create an element of compassion for this devilishly aberrant killer.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
31 Jul 2014