The Tall Man is a tricky movie to write about because there is a massive twist about halfway through that changes the entire reality of the movie. I can tell you that, before the twist, the movie focuses on Jessica Biel as a doctor working in an economically depressed small town. She lives with her son and a nanny on a large estate and she is recently widowed, her dead husband having also been a doctor. There is a legend in town of The Tall Man, who abducts children and kills them. When Biel's child vanishes and she finds the nanny bound in a closet, shit gets real.
Even if the execution is somewhat labored, you have to admire the ambition of the Tall Man as a movie. It is really trying to say something about the plight of children raised in poverty and in abusive households. Biel does a fine job as the town doctor but becomes more remote as the plot contorts around her. The character that eventually becomes the center of the action is well-acted and does just fine.
It all feels a bit like a stretched out Lifetime movie but if you like big twists, check out The Tall Man.
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