Set on a farm in Nebraska, 1922 features a rancher who connived with his young son to murder his wife just because she wishes for a different life away from their farmhouse.
Too often actors playing rural roles mistake "slow" for "stupid," but Jane pinpoints Wilfred's mental acuity without rushing through reactions that feel anachronistic or phony.
Stephen King doesn't generally let his characters off the hook for evil deeds and Wilf and Henry suffer real good in 1922. It's a cautionary tale.Not only 'don't murder your wife,' but maybe the bigger picture of 'listen to women.It's good for the soul.'
It's a solid, straightforward thriller that gets the job done without much fuss, and it lands somewhere in the upper-middle of all King movie adaptations.