See this film as its own unique work of art

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2018)

I read through several reviews- many negative. I found that viewer/critics wanted to make sense of the film as if it was intended to be a close up of white-dominated town in Missouri. This movie is not about modern culture. This story and the players in it are displaying raw emotions that we all -whether we admit it or not -share. Don't look for solving a murder. Look at humans inside their cosmos. They all are struggling to face death by cancer, murder, bigotry, homophobia, growing up with effed-up parents, and changing times. Frances McDermott is always bringing her best game. Sam Rockwell as Dixon however is a tour de force. I was convinced he was an illiterate closet gay using anger to look like a man. He evolved (I could care less about his sexuality) and is that not worth a star or two? He played his part to perfection and then some. Reminded me of Ben Mendolsohn in Bloodline and Darkest Hour.
Go see the movie. Leave your current life in the car, train, bus, sidewalk. Take it for what it is and not what it is not.