The Devil All the Time

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

This Southern Gothic ensemble lands somewhere between grim and merely bleak — critics largely agreed the cast, especially Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson, outperforms the material, but divided sharply over whether the film's relentless darkness amounts to anything beyond punishment for its own sake. Detractors found it shapeless and morally hollow; supporters saw enough atmospheric craft and acting to justify the ordeal.