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By Todd Anthony (129) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 11 Apr 2002

Brent Hanley's innovative script and Paxton's nimble guidance lend depth and resonance that belie their status as rookie screenwriter and novice…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 11 Apr 2002

I don't know if Frailty will turn Bill Paxton into an A-list director, but he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he's made at least…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 11 Apr 2002

Paxton sets a brooding, somber tone, and he applies the right Hitchcockian touches for the first 80 minutes…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 11 Apr 2002

As a first-time director, Paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides Frailty with its dark soul…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 11 Apr 2002

An accomplished debut, but not an enjoyable one; the shivers it provokes are disturbing rather than delicious, and its story is unusually gruesome…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 11 Apr 2002

Starts out, and ends up, as a thriller trying valiantly to show us layers of moral depth…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 11 Apr 2002

Genuinely creepy Southern Gothic thriller that once again proves that in horror movies, sometimes less is actually more…

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By Michael Tunison (43) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 11 Apr 2002

Paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 11 Apr 2002

Andrea Yates believed she was possessed by Satan and could save her children by drowning them. Frailty is as chilling…

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By Richard Nilsen (100) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 11 Apr 2002

Paxton has attempted to make a psychological thriller out of material that has no actual psychology in it…

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By Pam Grady (384) for Reel.com (1,232) on 11 Apr 2002

Frailty represents a strong debut for acting's newest behind -the-camera crossover…

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By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 11 Apr 2002

A superb Southern Gothic slice of horror that is easily the sickest movie to arrive in theaters in a very long time…

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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 10 Apr 2002

This is Paxton's directorial debut and it's quite impressive…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 10 Apr 2002

Somber and violent but undeniably stylish and unsettling thriller…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Apr 2002

Well-crafted, disturbing Texas gothic thriller, a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and, some plot blips aside,…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 10 Apr 2002

As disappointing as the wrap-up is, it can't erase the chilling psychological warfare that represents the majority of what precedes it…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 10 Apr 2002

A nearly perfect genre piece...ingenious, lovingly crafted and genuinely creepy…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 10 Apr 2002

Against all odds in heaven and hell, it creeped me out just fine…

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By Andy Weil (21) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 09 Apr 2002

The movie thankfully doesn't rely on cheap thrills and quick shocks to scare audience members…

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By Jon Popick (633) for Planet Sick-Boy (616) on 06 Apr 2002

A slick, creepy little film that should do well for the careers of Paxton (as a director and an actor), debut screenwriter Brent Hanley and,…

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