Cate Blanchett stars as Annie Wilson, a small-town psychic who earns money by reading tarot cards for the local townsfolk. The screenplay doesn't cover all the bases normally associated with this type of thriller, but it does take the time with each of its characters. It is in that time that we are allowed to see the world that Annie lives in. Its ugliness and its beauty. Its loose, slow, and builds instead of shooting its proverbial wad right away.
Many films go out of their way to push the audience aside.
And you can trust me because I'm horrifically biased. The change suits him. Gone are the snowbound flatlands of central Minnesota, now replaced by the dingy, murky bayous of Georgia. The moon hangs low in the sky as if its got a million secrets to bear, and the crickets chirp endlessly. You can almost feel the humidity in the theater.