Had a Good Balance of Humor, Mystery and Suspense

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2015)

Six months after a fatal accident involving his wife "Reverend Graham Hess" (Mel Gibson) has lost his faith and given up his calling to become a farmer instead. His son "Morgan" (Rory Culkin) is asthmatic and his daughter "Bo" (Abigail Breslin) is convinced that there is something wrong with every glass of water offered to her. Additionally, Graham's younger brother "Merrill" (Joaquin Phoenix) who lives with them is somewhat backward. So when their cornfield has certain symbols cut into it they all come to bizarre conclusions on what it all means. Little do they realize at the time that their worst nightmare is about to come true. At any rate rather than divulge any more of the story and risk ruining this film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this movie had a good balance of humor, mystery and suspense which managed to keep my interest from start to finish. Likewise while Mel Gibson performed well enough I especially liked the performance of Abigail Bresline and to a lesser extent that of Joaquin Phoenix as both were quite funny. In any case I liked this movie and rate it as slightly above average.