The Devil All the Time

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 16, 2020

7.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 267 Ratings

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RegentSep 19, 2020

Sure, there is some decent acting in this movie, yet the entire thing is depressing, horrific, and sickening. I wish I could un-see it.

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imthenoobSep 16, 2020

Holland and Pattinson do very well with their limited screen time but let's be honest people, This movie is a narrative mess with events loosely tied together in a very unappealing and unsatisfying way. The flow of the movie: Here's someHolland and Pattinson do very well with their limited screen time but let's be honest people, This movie is a narrative mess with events loosely tied together in a very unappealing and unsatisfying way. The flow of the movie: Here's some vague out of sequence event, followed by a violent (or implied violent) act and followed up the events immediately following said act and then another out of sequence event.

It seems like the director relied too heavily on the cast and the attempts of shock value rather than delivering a more solid narrative that closely tied these events together. And the fact that the director had to rely on voice-over narration to explain everything just goes to show how poorly of a job he did at explaining these explains onscreen.… Expand

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blacksunSep 19, 2020

A well shot film with great acting, but it's not enough. The film left me depressed, failing to deliver sense or meaning beyond the plain surface level takeaway. I judge films by how much I could recommend them, and how much fun I hadA well shot film with great acting, but it's not enough. The film left me depressed, failing to deliver sense or meaning beyond the plain surface level takeaway. I judge films by how much I could recommend them, and how much fun I had watching them. I can't recommend this movie, and while I enjoyed the performances, I don't relish in the visual portrayal of "evil exists". The narrative just meandered from here to there until the credits. Blah.… Expand

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KaylawakeSep 25, 2020

Boring but the acting was good. People only like it because it has big box actors. Any other cast and this movie would not be popular at all.

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LajaleaaOct 17, 2020

"Some people where born so they could be buried."
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( 23/100 ) - "The Devil All The Time" es dirigida por Antonio Campos, un director de New York quien tomó cariño por la novela de DonaldRayPollock con el mismo nombre acerca de historias"Some people where born so they could be buried."
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"The Devil All The Time" es dirigida por Antonio Campos, un director de New York quien tomó cariño por la novela de DonaldRayPollock con el mismo nombre acerca de historias entrelazadas sobre los pecados de la fe, sus ilusiones y la bondad en el rencor. Con un elenco atractivo conformado por Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Harry Melling, Eliza Scanlen y Robert Pattinson, la película sorprende por el tamaño de su propio vacío. El drama explora el lado drástico de una religión que funciona como un anhelo ignorado en el corazón de los personajes. Esa drasticidad hace que cada uno trate de confirmar su propia fe a través de acciones tan injustificables, que se vuelven absurdas. El tiempo dedicado a explicar cada una de las situaciones también es un problema. Para el tercer acto, el público está aburrido y harto de una serie de eventos grotescos que pertenecen a un contexto imposible de empatizar; y una vez que el público está confundido, aburrido, muy probablemente ansioso y fuera de la experiencia, se puede notar la trivialidad en los elementos técnicos. No hay simbología visual, decoro fotográfico, ni emoción en el lugar o el vestuario, solo una historia sin sentido actuada por un elenco que se esfuerza demasiado en creer en su propio valor. Firmemente, la actuación es lo peor de la película. No por el talento, sino por la evidente disonancia que hay entre el talento y el sentido de la historia. Skarsgard como padre y Pattinson gritando "Delisions" son asquerosos, Melling es totalmente estúpido, la relación entre Keough y Clarke es tonta y predecible, Scanlen y Holland son lo más invisible y monótono, y Stan, como autoridad corrompida, es un desperdicio de personaje que, por alguna razón ilógica, es una pieza clave de la narrativa. Los personajes son pésimos y aunque se respeta el talento del elenco, se les ordena actuar con una fuerza tan exagerada en una historia sin sentido alguno que da risa o confunde. Evítenla totalmente.
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"The Devil All The Time" is directed by Antonio Campos, a director from New York who took charm on the Donald Ray Pollock novel with the same name about interlaced stories relating to the sins of faith, its illusions, and the goodness in resentment. With an attractive cast conformed by Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgard, Sebastian Stan, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Harry Melling, Eliza Scanlen, and Robert Pattinson, the movie surprises by the size of its emptiness. The drama explores the drastic side of a religion that functions as an ignored longing in the hearts of the characters. That drasticity makes each one of them try to uphold their faith through actions so unjustifiable that they become totally absurd. The time dedicated to explaining each one of the situations is also a problem. By the third act, the public is bored and jaded by a series of grotesque events that belong to a context impossible to empathize with. And when the public is confused, bored, very probably anxious, and taken out of the experience, the triviality in the technical aspects can be noted. There's no visual symbology, photography decorum, or emotion in the place or the costume design, just a senseless story acted by a cast striving too much to believe in their own value. Firmly, the acting was the worst thing in the movie. Not because of talent, but because of the clear disharmony between the talent and the sense of the story. Skarsgard as a father and Pattinson screaming "delusions" are disgusting, Melling is totally stupid, the relationship between Keough and Clarke is dumb and predictable, Scanlen and Holland are the most invisible and monotone, and Stan, as a corrupted authority, is a waste of a character that, for some illogical reason, is a key part of the narrative. The characters are lousy and, although the talent of the cast is respected, they are ordered to act with such exaggerated strength in a story without direction that is confusing or laughable. Totally avoid this.… Expand

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