A Feel-Bad Movie in the Best Way Possible
The Iron Claw, a new biopic about the tragic Von Erich brothers, is rich with feeling and never despairing.
Sean Durkin’s first film, , was about the complex aftermath of one woman’s escape from a modern Manson-esque “family” centered around sex and drug use. His second, 2020’s, looked at a high-society couple in 1980s Britain who buy a mansion and are subsequently haunted by the decision, struggling to stay above water as the property sucks up all of their money. Both movies were immersed in an atmosphere of gloom and anxiety that somehow didn’t overwhelm either; even as Durkin tormented his characters, he had real, obvious love for them.
