Them That Follow plunges us into the stiflingly close-knit world of an extreme religious group, and it will be up to viewers to decide whether the dramatic rewards are worth the slow suffocation. There’s no questioning the intensity of writer-directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s portrait of a community that values God over medicine and believes women should be subservient to men, and a fine cast (led by Alice Englert) brings unshakable conviction to these cloistered, narrow-minded characters. But as grimly gripping as Them That Follow is, the proceedings have a stacked-deck quality to them, which keeps this compelling tale from being truly galvanising.
Them That Follow is a 2019 American thriller film, written and directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, in their directorial debuts. It stars Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann and Lewis Pullman. It had its world premiere in Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019. It was released on August 2, 2019 by 1091 Media.
Them That Follow (2019)
Directed by: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage
Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Walton Goggins, Olivia Colman, Thomas Mann, Lewis Pullman, Jim Gaffigan, Alice Englert, Katherine DeBoer, Brooks Roseberry, Catherine L. Albers, Kami Amore
Screenplay by: Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage
Production Design by: Carmen Navis
Cinematography by: Brett Jutkiewicz
Film Editing by: Joshua Raymond Lee
Costume Design by: Christina Flannery
Set Decoration by: Kassandra DeAngelis
Art Direction by: Roger C. Ambrose
Music by: Garth Stevenson
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing violence.
Distributed by: The Orchard
Release Date: June 21, 2019
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