The Devil All the Time
2020 · 138 min · Director: Antonio Campos
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
Set in rural southern Ohio and West Virginia, The Devil All the Time follows a cast of compelling and bizarre characters from the end of World War II to the 1960s. There's Willard Russell, tormented veteran of the carnage in the South Pacific, who can't save his beautiful wife, Charlotte, from an agonizing death by cancer no matter how much sacrificial blood he pours on his "prayer log." There's Carl and Sandy Henderson, a husband-and-wife team of serial killers, who troll America's highways searching for suitable models to photograph and exterminate. There's the spider-handling preacher Roy and his crippled virtuoso-guitar-playing sidekick, Theodore, running from the law. And caught in the middle of all this is Arvin Eugene Russell, Willard and Charlotte's orphaned son, who grows up to be a good but also violent man in his own right.
Emotional fingerprint
The Devil All the Time (2020) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 30%, Sadness 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing30%
- Sadness25%
- Empathy20%
- Fear15%
- Melancholy10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Sadness, Empathy. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Sadness and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Tension
- Disturbing
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Fear
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Tension | Disturbing | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Tension | 45 % | 37 % | 32 % | 17 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Empathy | 40 % | 30 % | 25 % | 14 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Fear | 46 % | 38 % | 28 % | 22 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Sadness | 64 % | 55 % | 43 % | 48 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Sadness | 74 % | 61 % | 60 % | 59 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Disturbing | 73 % | 60 % | 68 % | 50 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Disturbing | 68 % | 55 % | 56 % | 45 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 52′ | Empathy | 59 % | 45 % | 35 % | 38 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Tension | 56 % | 48 % | 34 % | 25 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Tension | 59 % | 55 % | 44 % | 19 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Tension | 62 % | 56 % | 51 % | 21 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 79′ | Disturbing | 71 % | 61 % | 63 % | 35 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 86′ | Empathy | 78 % | 54 % | 58 % | 58 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Sadness | 83 % | 49 % | 54 % | 65 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 100′ | Tension | 80 % | 63 % | 59 % | 42 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 107′ | Tension | 70 % | 66 % | 55 % | 25 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 114′ | Disturbing | 71 % | 63 % | 54 % | 38 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 121′ | Sadness | 76 % | 65 % | 53 % | 53 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 128′ | Tension | 75 % | 61 % | 55 % | 51 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 135′ | Disturbing | 69 % | 47 % | 60 % | 48 % |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Theodore
Narrator (voice)
Arvin At 9
Baby Arvin
Earskell
Poacher #1
Poacher #2
BoBo McDaniels
Details
- Directed by
- Antonio Campos
- Written by
- Antonio Campos, Paulo Campos, Donald Ray Pollock
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2020
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
- Data updated
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