1922

I came across this movie while looking for something to watch on Netflix and decided to give it a try after seeing it was based on a Stephen King novel — and overall I don’t regret it.

The performances are nice, the costumes and set design are great, and the dark unsettling atmosphere really works. 1922 is a good movie about how irreversible decisions can ruin our entire lives — and how we might get away with murder in a legal sense, but we can never escape the hell we put ourselves in after taking someone’s life. We can’t outrun our own conscience. It also shows, up close, how our actions can impact the lives of people around us — especially those who are still developing, like our kids.

Waiting for a teenage boy to come to his senses is like waiting for a broomstick to sprout flowers.

I like how the movie slowly shows the main character sinking into guilt and a kind of madness — losing the very things he was most proud of and committed the crime to protect in the first place. The message is clear and straightforward.