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  "description": "This wasn't what I expected going into this. Not that I had much in the way of expectations. I liked the cast, I liked the previewed tone and I went with it. What I got was a well-assembled horror movie that told its story from the perspective of each of the main characters involved. As is often the case when this approach is taken, you get overlapping views of the same events from different perspectives. It works well and it works well because it slowly ratchets up the tension leading to the film's conclusion. Amy Madigan absolutely lives Gladys. A villain as the star of the show — an utterly, perverse, jarring caricature of a family member who strains credulity as a caretaker. Maybe she's related, but holy shit she's unhinged and that is tissue thin beneath the veneer of normalcy she attempts to project to authorities. She could've been married to Longlegs . A little bit of Pennywise, a lot of control exerted on authors when she has so little over herself. Control is a weapon and when Gladys loses it, that weapon turns on her. Alex Lilly survives under it, pushes up against it and then shatters it. He wants his parents back but, parents want their kids back, but being held in such a tight grip can bend and break you in unpredictable ways. Alex's parents and his classmates likely won't ever be the same. Gladys won't either — that loss of control really tears her up.",
  "path": "/watching/movies/weapons-2025",
  "publishedAt": "2025-09-15T13:15:00Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "mystery",
    "horror"
  ],
  "title": "Weapons"
}