Should you watch The Devil All the Time?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.

The Devil All the Time
Film · 2020
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
The sides of The Devil All the Time
- A boy growing up in backwoods Ohio
- A preacher who preys on young girls
- A couple who kill hitchhikers
The Devil All the Time is good for you if…
- you can take a dark Southern Gothic story with little hope in it.
- you like many sinister lives crossing over two generations.
- you want to see Robert Pattinson as a predatory preacher.
The Devil All the Time is bad for you if…
- you can't stand murders and gunshots shown up close.
- you can't watch suicide and abuse on screen.
- two hours and a quarter of this is too much for you.
About: faith · inherited violence · corruption
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