'Eric Larue' Review: Michael Shannon's Powerful Directorial Debut With Superb Performances From Judy Greer and Alexander ...
). There is clear confusion and a loss at how to deal with all this evident on the part of both parents. In this case both are split by religious choices, a way to use, or try to resurrect, whatever faith they had , or have left, in turning to God. Ron, however becomes essentially a born again disciple of Jesus in the Redeemer Church run by Bill Verne .
As for Janice she is still deep in grief, but returns to work in her hardware store where the trauma of what she has been through clearly shows she is not ready to deal with the public, a fact her employer increasingly notices. She belongs to the First Presbytarian Church run by Paster Steve Calhan who is trying to nurture some healing not only for her, but also the mothers of the three boys who died, and a meeting between all is planned.
We don’t even meet the title character Eric Larue until well into the film with just 20 minutes left of the two hour running time when Janice drives to the penitentiary to visit him. It is a riveting scene, expertly shot, written, and directed in which she tries to get answers from Eric , who just tries to explain he has great remorse, but can barely look her in the eye.
Shannon’s film gets its power from the fact we know these kinds of conversations are sadly going on more frequently than ever in a country in love with its guns and where the killing of kids in schools is the new normal.
This is a very promising directorial debut by Shannon whose own stellar acting chops seems to have helped him bring out sensational performances all around including Greer’s in the kind of role this veteran actress, known mostly for comedy, has ever been given before. She is unforgettable. Skarsgard also gets a refreshing change of pace here as well as the father and husband whose almost cultish embrace of a new religion is just cover for his own inability to deal of his new reality.
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