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Sons of Perdition (2010)

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Sons of Perdition follows three boys after they leave Colorado City. With limited educations and rarely a stable address, the obstacles are enormous. All the boys have big dreams - starting with the hope of attending high school - but what they want most is contact with their families. For one teen in the film, this means numerous attempts to help his fourteen-year-old sister escape before an arranged marriage.

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Documentary

Directed By: Tyler Measom , Jennilyn Merten

In Theaters: Mar 4, 2011 Limited

On DVD: Nov 29, 2011

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Very little of it adds up to a movie.

May 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

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What's here is compelling, if occasionally hard to follow.

March 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

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Their valiant attempt to find themselves is stirring, and sometimes depressing, as they backslide into alcohol and drugs.

May 26, 2011 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Gerald Peary

Boston Phoenix

"Sons of Perdition" is a captivating testament, but the silence of the daughters is the real revelation.

May 20, 2011 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The FLDS exiles featured in Sons of Perdition fare better than you might expect and a "where are they now" coda provides more encouraging news.

May 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Playback:stl

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

Less a definitive historical account of American polygamy than a study of a very particular strain of post-traumatic stress disorder.

January 21, 2011 Full Review Source: House Next Door

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Nick Schager

House Next Door

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An enlightening documentary of how, even in a free society like America today, a fundamentalist, polygamist, mysogynist faith can thrive in the deserts of Utah and Arizona.

December 31, 2011

Thomas Andrikus

The film itself has a subtle feeling that it a series of youtube clips but that adds to the powerful emotional punch the film delivers. It's surprising that the challenges faced by this community and its members can happen in America.

December 12, 2011