John Huston was arguably not the wisest choice to direct the Flannery O'Connor novel about a street-corner religious fanatic in the rural South. Seemingly a bit bone-weary, as in Fat City, he takes the most convenient shortcut to the most conventional notion: still photos of rubber tires and such behind the opening credits to evoke a Walker Evans vision of the South, a Grapes of Wrath opening scene with dusty roads and a pickup truck, endless reprises of "The Tennessee Waltz" on the soundtrack. The flavorful and faithfully rendered O'Connor language tends to overwhelm the impoverished imagery, and the plucky actors, obliged to mouth that language, stick out their chins and chew hard. With Brad Dourif, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, and Amy Wright. (1979) — Duncan Shepherd
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