‘Them That Follow’ examines the poison of fanatacism and poverty in Appalachia. Read Peter Travers' review
as a snake-handling Pentecostal congregationalist in the Appalachian mountains who finds her faith sorely tested. You might want to read that sentence twice since this movie does not follow any traditional paths. But the faith it examines, in practice for more than 100 years, is considered a religious freedom by those even in areas that seek to outlaw it.
Augie resists this dogma and risks expulsion from the community by carrying on secretly with Mara , the pastor’s daughter. Mara has already been promised in marriage by her father to local boy Garret , who seems more attracted to her virgin purity than anything else about her. If Mara veers from the sect’s strict patriarchal rules, she will have to show her submission through such tasks as washing Garret’s feet.
Credit Poulton and Savage for detailing life in this Pentecostal hamlet without condescension or ridicule. Nonetheless, it’s hard to watch Mara and her friend, Dilly , being forced to detour from a path that would allow them to think for themselves. The need for each individual to carve out a space for independent contemplation is the story’s core dynamic. And when the script gives the actors a chance to play these home truths, the film comes meaningfully — if fitfully — to life.
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