Crime, Drama, Thriller  •  2020  •  138 min  •  Adults (18+)

The Devil All the Time (2020)

The Devil All the Time poster

The Devil All the Time (2020)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
6.6

Overview

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.


Starring Cast

Bill Skarsgård  •   Tom Holland  •   Banks Repeta


Where to watch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: Medium

The film explores the dark aspects of human nature, religious fanaticism, and generational trauma without explicitly promoting or critiquing a specific political ideology, thus aligning with a neutral rating.

Diversity: Moderate
Confidence: Medium

The movie features predominantly traditional casting, consistent with its mid-20th-century rural American setting. However, its narrative strongly critiques traditional male figures, particularly those in positions of religious and legal authority, by portraying them as corrupt, hypocritical, and violent.

Secondary

Christianity: Negative
Confidence: High

The film portrays various forms of fundamentalist Christianity as a source of violence, hypocrisy, and delusion, with numerous characters using faith to justify horrific acts or succumbing to its destructive interpretations. There is no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal, and even sympathetic religious characters are victims of the extremism around them.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "The Devil All the Time" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on heterosexual relationships, religious fanaticism, and generational trauma in a rural setting, with no depiction of queer identity or experiences.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "The Devil All the Time" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a multi-generational story of faith, violence, and trauma in a post-World War II rural setting, without incorporating any elements related to transgender identity.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel. All major characters in the movie retain the same gender as established in the original source material.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film is an adaptation of a novel set in the American South, featuring characters who are consistently portrayed by actors of the same race as implied or described in the source material. No character established as one race in the novel was depicted as a different race in the film.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.1
The Movie Database logo
7.2

Critic Ratings

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6.5
Metacritic logo
5.5

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