Flesh and Bone

Flesh and Bone

1993 · 126 min · EN · R · 6.0 (74 votes)
Dir. Steve Kloves · Starring Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, James Caan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia McNeal, Ron Kuhlman · Music Thomas Newman

Evil is patient

Thriller

Some thirty years after Arlis witnesses his father murdering a family, he runs into Kay, who happens to be the family's baby who was spared. Kay and Arlis suspect nothing about each other, but when his father returns, old wounds are reopened.

VIBE

A slow-burn thriller that feels like a dusty Texas roadhouse at midnight. It's a brooding, atmospheric exploration of lingering trauma and the inescapable pull of the past, with a simmering, uneasy romance at its core.

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