Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Odd sort of low-key thriller. To my eye CA's least effective role to date. His Bobcat-like whiney vocals made his character very unsympathetic. He was a Clyde Barrow wannabe without Warren Beatty's looks or charm. Who in the world would fall in love with this creep? And who would hold on to that attachment while he rotted in prison?

Rooney, I guess. She too was very subdued here...to the point of near-invisibility. Even though she was on screen she faded before your eyes into the nondescript production design. An aged Keith Carradine provided a semblance of character but even he was subdued.


Don't know what was intended here. The story held me but after it ended it began fading in my mind like the scruffy wallpaper used in the sets.

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