Writer-director Riley Stearns masterfully concocts the sinister dramedy ‘Faults’ that registers with a bizarre blend of terror and off-the-cuff cheekiness. Stearns’s caustic yet cockeyed vision into the exploration of cults and mind-control methods is gloriously wacky and makes for one of the most unique psychological dramas to register with forthright nerve within recent years. The peculiar appeal found in ‘Faults’ rests on the beleaguered shoulders of the film’s desperate and dysfunctional lead protagonist Ansel Roth (played with harried brilliance by Leland Orser), a one-time notable author…
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Faults
Overview
Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
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Release date
06/03/2014
Votes
267
Popularity
1.3
Leland Orser
Ansel
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Claire
Chris Ellis
Dad
Jon Gries
Terry
Lance Reddick
Mick
Beth Grant
Evelyn
Cruz Flores
Hotel Staff
AJ Bowen
Angry Patron
Nicholas Tucci
James
Suzan Averitt
Photo Studio Customer
Leonard Earl Howze
Raymond
Davey Johnson
Concierge
Kellie Matteson
Jennifer
Amanda Saunders
Receptionist
Shira Weitz
Perky Waitress
David Zellner
Restaurant Manager
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> What we're, won't be the same at the end of the level. The film had more hidden facts than one gets in his casual viewing. If you were really focused, you would start to dig for some answers. The opening of the film was very smooth in a comedic sense. But that's not how the entire film going to be. When the story's purpose begins to roll, with an unexpected event the narration moves to a single location for almost the rest of the film with the limited cast. So it is where our guessing game commence. I must agree the writing was a bit cleverer than I projected. The film characters were …
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