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Title: THE TALL MAN COMES UP SHORT
Review: Don't let the marketing fool you. THE TALL MAN is not a horror movie. Its really a pompous and contrived social commentary on the haves and the have-nots and not a very good one.Set in the Pacific Northwest in a dying mining town called Cold Rock, the story focuses on the disappearance of several children, possibly the victims of the town's resident boogeyman, The Tall Man. Jessica Biel continues to prove she is an actress of limited skills, wandering through the film like a wayward zombie. Even good actors like Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Jonelle Ferland and Samantha Ferris seem listless and disinterested. Even after suffering the film's plodding pacing, the supposed "twist" at the end doesn't pay off. THE TALL MAN is ultimately a misguided attempt to bend genres that fails miserably.
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