Harry Melling in his best performance yet, took me by total surprise. His performance is both scary and crazy.
Damn these British actors steal the show. Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson are magnificent. Holland carries most of the movie on his shoulders and depicts Arvin's descent into some kind of darkness convincingly.
Sebastian Stan, Jason Clarke, Bill Skarsgård and all the rest re great as well. The acting is what stands out most in this film.
Friends of dark tragedies in historical settings will find plenty to love here, from blind faith to cancer, from death to despair. The atmosphere is dark and brooding, violent and mature.
Director and writer Antonio Campos has a clear vision and gets that across fairly well and in a way that is both convincing and memorable.
The set design, costume design and soundtrack help keeping up the 50s vibe perfectly. I also like the rainy and gritty weather in most key scenes.
The Bad:
The script gives us a lengthy and tragic backstory before moving onto the main storyline. While that also helps to understand the characters better, it could have been cut shorter.
Several plot strand across times, places and characters make it difficult to understand this movie as one coherent story. The movie feels like a collection of anthologies, each less interesting than the previous one.
It feels like this film relishes on killing, raping and bullying people for the sake of it, rather than for storytelling purposes.
The pacing varies hugely, ranging from quiet, slowly moving moments to very tense sequences, and the film doesn’t seem to know what kind of story it wants to tell.
The Ugly:
Is it just me, or does Robert Pattinson look very tired?
Review by Theo KallströmVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2020-10-08T05:36:13Z
THE WACPINE OF ‘THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME’
WRITING: 7
ATMOSPHERE: 8
CHARACTERS: 9
PRODUCTION: 8
INTRIGUE: 6
NOVELTY: 7
ENJOYMENT: 8
The Good:
Harry Melling in his best performance yet, took me by total surprise. His performance is both scary and crazy.
Damn these British actors steal the show. Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson are magnificent. Holland carries most of the movie on his shoulders and depicts Arvin's descent into some kind of darkness convincingly.
Sebastian Stan, Jason Clarke, Bill Skarsgård and all the rest re great as well. The acting is what stands out most in this film.
Friends of dark tragedies in historical settings will find plenty to love here, from blind faith to cancer, from death to despair. The atmosphere is dark and brooding, violent and mature.
Director and writer Antonio Campos has a clear vision and gets that across fairly well and in a way that is both convincing and memorable.
The set design, costume design and soundtrack help keeping up the 50s vibe perfectly. I also like the rainy and gritty weather in most key scenes.
The Bad:
The script gives us a lengthy and tragic backstory before moving onto the main storyline. While that also helps to understand the characters better, it could have been cut shorter.
Several plot strand across times, places and characters make it difficult to understand this movie as one coherent story. The movie feels like a collection of anthologies, each less interesting than the previous one.
It feels like this film relishes on killing, raping and bullying people for the sake of it, rather than for storytelling purposes.
The pacing varies hugely, ranging from quiet, slowly moving moments to very tense sequences, and the film doesn’t seem to know what kind of story it wants to tell.
The Ugly:
Is it just me, or does Robert Pattinson look very tired?
WACPINE RATING: 7.57 / 10 = 4 stars