Film Review – Devil’s Knot

The saga of the West Memphis Three has been recounted in three documentaries by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, and another documentary by Amy J. Berg. That’s a lot of screentime devoted to a single crime, and while the tangle of evidence and suspects is considerable when detailing the arrest and prosecution of Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin, most, if not all emotional and legal developments have been covered at this point. “Devil’s Knot” has the unfortunate task of dramatizing only a mere slice of the story, and its very existence is puzzling, arriving after so many other filmmakers have dissected the absurdities of the case. Although director Atom Egoyan has a commendable approach, “Devil’s Knot” is overwrought and, frankly, feels like old news. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com