So, it wasn't terrible. I watched the whole thing. I enjoyed the athletic prowess of Cornelius and felt that was a story which could have been developed with interest. But wasn't. In fact, although very slow moving, there was more story to tell. Did they run out of film? (HAHA, since no one uses film.) The introduction of the evangelical preacher at the last moment to tie up the plot- and the miscreant was too facile for my taste. There was a kernel of thought in this movie, but it was never allowed to germinate properly. It had just sprouted when they stopped watering it.

Good directors/ screenwriters make movies for their audience. Great directors/screenwriters make movies for their audience and to express their inner feelings about the human condition. Mediocre directors/screenwriters make movies for themselves and don't care if their message is inscrutable.

This is an interesting film if you haven't read what it is about as you try to solve a mystery. Cornelius Rawlings (Michael Tully) returns home after an 18 year hiatus. He is moody and still has his demons. Why if left is unknown and why he bothered to come back is even more of a mystery. We find out that while in high school he was a jock. His brother Ezra (Robert Longstreet) has assumed the role of the family patriarch or matriarch. He attends church and is overly neat to the point of being a stereotypical gay. Brother Amos (Onur Tukel) has issues too. He spends his time in a shed making horrible drawings that depict sex and dismemberment. Wilbur Cunningham (Jim Willingham) is mentally slow and lives outside in a large truck tire.

The characters are "Scott Pilgrim" quirky, but clearly they have far deeper and darker issues. You want to know about their past which has shaped their present. The art show was totally bizarre. The movie was shot cheaply on 16MM for effect. This is a film for extreme indy lovers. Characters were well played.

F-bomb, only drawn nudity and sex...and rather poorly.

If you're looking for something quirky and good, definitely check this out. It will keep you guessing wtf it's about till the end, and even then, you're not sure what you watched- a football feel-good movie, a southern Gothic thriller, a comedy, or an indie morality play.

It had me laughing my head off, but it wasn't my typical laugh- it was a laugh followed by a full sentence. I watched it with my brother, which probably wasn't a good idea considering the plot of this film. Tully joins the ranks of Mike Leigh, Hal Hartley and Todd Solondz as a film maker with a unique vision. The part where they harmonized on "Smother Your Demons" was priceless.