Should you watch Rectify?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Rectify
Series · 2013
After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?
The sides of Rectify
- A man freed after 19 years on death row
- A small Georgia town that still suspects him
- A family trying to take him back
Rectify is good for you if…
- you like long silences and a story that takes its time.
- you like watching Daniel relearn the world one small thing at a time.
- you want a lead performance that says everything with almost nothing.
Rectify is bad for you if…
- you want a crime show with chases and shootouts. Daniel's days pass in a kitchen and a tire store.
- you can't take prison trauma and grief for four seasons.
About: guilt · freedom · family · faith
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