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Small Town Murder Songs (2010)

dir: Ed Gass-Donnelly

Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident some months before. As the young woman is identified, it becomes apparent that Walter's former love interest may be lying.

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d0minikk d0minikk rated Small Town Murder Songs

7 stars

joe-morgenstern joe-morgenstern added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

Stylistic debts abound: the Coen brothers, Roger Deakins, the bleak, gothic landscapes of Terrence Malick's "Badlands" and Richard Brooks's "In Cold Blood." Through it all, though, is the... Read the review

chuck-bowen chuck-bowen added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

So intent on being "art" that it's seemingly indifferent to providing simple niceties such as compelling performance, plot, and an atmosphere that isn't predictably oppressive. Read the review

stephen-holden stephen-holden added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

Compellingly acted from top to bottom. As the raw passions of its hard-bitten characters seep into you, the songs hammer them even more deeply into your consciousness. The film's only fla... Read the review

david-fear david-fear added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

The combination of provincial accents and Stormare's patented creepiness make "Fargo" comparisons inevitable, though Canadian filmmaker Ed Gass-Donnelly's tongue isn't anywhere near his c... Read the review

stephen-cole stephen-cole added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

Gass-Donnelly is good at capturing stalled rural lives, from church hymn-sings populated by the elderly, their voices fragile as April snow, to dead-end afternoons at corner cafés, where ... Read the review

pam-grady pam-grady added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

A lawman seeking redemption can't seem to escape sin in Ed Gass-Donnelly's haunting, rural drama. Read the review

michael-rechtshaffen michael-rechtshaffen added a review of Small Town Murder Songs

There's still much to admire about this carefully drawn but concise character sketch, especially the strong performances and a unique, affectingly ominous score by folk-rock-gospel outfit... Read the review