
Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident som... (Full plot summary below)
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Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident some months before. As the young woman is identified, it becomes apparent that Walter's former love interest may be lying.
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| Toronto StarPeter HowellRarely does cinema sight and sound mesh as boldly as this, and it's all to the good. |
| AV ClubAlison WillmoreThe film is as much music-video collection as crime drama: The interludes in which the songs swell into voluptuous prominence balance out a tale of crime and redemption so spare, it's almost abstract. |
| Kansas City StarJason HeckWhy are recent movies about small towns with murderous secrets so good? |
| Parallax ViewRichard T. Jameson... the film is only an hour-and-a-quarter long, and that's just as well; spells are hard to sustain. Yet it's big enough. |
| Boxoffice MagazinePam GradyA lawman seeking redemption can't seem to escape sin in Ed Gass-Donnelly's haunting, rural drama. |
| eye WEEKLYJason AndersonThe force in Stormare's performance is enough to suggest we've witnessed only a fraction of the character's anguish. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunFor all that Small Town Murder Songs hints at, there isn't enough delivery here. |
| Time OutDavid FearThe combination of provincial accents and Stormare's patented creepiness make "Fargo" comparisons inevitable, though Canadian filmmaker Ed Gass-Donnelly's tongue isn't anywhere near his cheek. |
| Village VoiceMark HolcombBoldly succinct yet confident enough to take its time. |
| NOW TorontoRadheyan SimonpillaiWhile it's easy to admire the unique stylistic accents director Ed Gass-Donnelly fearlessly applies to his northern Ontario murder mystery, it's not so easy to enjoy them. |