By no means a perfect film... but it's a big swing and even though it doesn't always connect, I admire when a filmmaker tries for one.

As a stressed-out high school guidance counselor who helps his students by murdering their abusive relatives, Scott walks a fine line between sympathetic and sinister, in a film that never really finds its purpose.

A character study descends into a generic crime novel, complete with a final twist that simply isn't believable.

...the picture segues into a sluggish narrative that grows less and less interesting as time (slowly) progresses...