Them That Follow

Name: Them That Follow
Genre: Thriller
Released: August 2, 2019
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Alice Englert, Annie Tedesco, Bradley Gallo, Brooks Roseberry, Dominic Cancelliere

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Pacific Northwest Pictures | Release Date: August 2, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alice Englert, Annie Tedesco, Bradley Gallo, Brooks Roseberry, Dominic Cancelliere, Jim Gaffigan, Kaitlyn Dever, Katherine DeBoer, Lewis Pullman, Olivia Colman, Thomas Mann, Walton Goggins

Summary: Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (AcademyDeep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (Academy Award Winner Olivia Colman), a dangerous secret is unearthed and she is forced to confront the deadly tradition of her father’s church. … Expand

Director: Brittany Poulton and Dan Madison Savage

Genre(s): Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Richard Roeper

Aug 15, 2019

Them That Follow is a harrowing and chilling deep dive into an isolated community in the Appalachian mountains. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Feb 2, 2019

In the last act, Poulton and Savage’s long fuse explodes, and they get to prove they’ve made a hell of a picture. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Aug 2, 2019

The acting and filmmaking are so much more imaginative than the script (which also falls into the rookie trap of mistaking a lack of humor for seriousness) that in the end, this feels like a dry run for something deeper and more daring. Read full review

Marella Gayla

Aug 7, 2019

The snake stuff is riveting — how could it not be? But Poulton and Madison Savage’s treatment of the rural community tilts toward the anthropological: A few corny bits of dialogue can make the parishioners feel like types instead of characters. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Feb 2, 2019

As grimly gripping as Them That Follow is, the proceedings have a stacked-deck quality to them, which keeps this compelling tale from being truly galvanising. Read full review

Travis DeShong

Aug 7, 2019

Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever and Jim Gaffigan round out a talented yet crowded ensemble cast, which has so many principal characters — all flawed in a different way — that the filmmakers are unable at times to devote the attention that each one deserves. Read full review

The Guardian Benjamin Lee

Feb 2, 2019

It’s competently made but utterly vacant, a forgettable indie fading fast. Read full review

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bfoore90

Jan 11, 2021

Intense, somber, visceral and entertaining. Them That Follow is an interesting film that follows life centered around a group of backwoods religious zealots

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GinaK

Aug 13, 2019

A harrowing film that was truly an American rural horror story. For me the riveting suspense came from the way the younger characters reacted to and were trapped in their stultifying environment, complete with its warped live-poisonous-snake-centered religion, because their elders continuedA harrowing film that was truly an American rural horror story. For me the riveting suspense came from the way the younger characters reacted to and were trapped in their stultifying environment, complete with its warped live-poisonous-snake-centered religion, because their elders continued to believe that venomous snake bites provided a “cleansing.” But bad things kept happening – and tragically seemed destined to continue except for those with the courage to flee their fatally poisonous traditional beliefs.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Feb 5, 2021

The monotony of its tone and rhythm are too troublesome, and frankly the film is never able to cope with it.

The premise is of course quite intriguing but despite the potential, it struggles too much to find a constant cadence, and mostly a relevant dramatic intensity. The result is poorThe monotony of its tone and rhythm are too troublesome, and frankly the film is never able to cope with it.

The premise is of course quite intriguing but despite the potential, it struggles too much to find a constant cadence, and mostly a relevant dramatic intensity.

The result is poor and discouraging.… Expand

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Mauro_Lanari

Oct 14, 2021

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It is cowardly to set the conflict between faith and religion, or rather the overlap between the limits of both, in the wild lands of a rural community in Appalachia. This type of problem still exists today, in 2021, in our supposedly highly evolved civilization. Waiting for(Mauro Lanari)
It is cowardly to set the conflict between faith and religion, or rather the overlap between the limits of both, in the wild lands of a rural community in Appalachia. This type of problem still exists today, in 2021, in our supposedly highly evolved civilization. Waiting for some more courageous director who dares to recover the broken thread of the best French filmmakers of the 2nd post-war period.… Expand

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