“Devil’s Knot” – actually not [MOVIE REVIEW]
Colin Firth as Ron Lax in the drama/thriller “DEVIL’S KNOT” an RLJ/Image Entertainment release. Photo by Tina Rowden. “Devil’s Knot” is a misguided attempt to tell the story of the West Memphis Three, something that was told infinitely better in the brilliant documentary “West of Memphis” by Amy Berg. That her name should even be mentioned in the same paragraph with that of Atom Egoyan, the director of “Devil’s Knot” is an injustice at the very least. One, Amy Berg, is on the ascent with so much promise based on the documentary she put together with her accomplished team; the other, Egoyan, continues his descent into portentious, pretentious stolid fare. Before detailing the faults of a film that is not even worthy of two hours on the Lifetime channel, let it be said that anyone remotely interested in this tale should find a copy of Berg’s superb documentary and forget the trek to the movie theater. “Devil’s Knot” should have had the ear-markings of a must-see. The true story is a nail-biter with heroes and villains and an indictment of anyone who ever made a preliminary judgment based on appearance. Briefly, three young boys go missing in the town of West Memphis, Arkansas. Their…
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