with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work . 
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(ROOT (S (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NNP ) (NNP ))))) (, ) (NP (NNP )) (, ) (S (VP (VBG ) (NP (PRP$ ) (JJ ) (NN ) (NN )))) (, ) (VP (VBZ ) (NP (JJ ) (, ) (VBN ) (NN ))) (. )))