Sometimes I take a chance in selecting a movie to watch. This was the case in choosing to watch the Last Sin Eater. I had no clue of what this movie was about, except that I heard someone refer to it in a conversation about Appalachian life. The Last Sin Eater movie's title itself is not very inviting, because the subject, sin, is one of which we do not like to deal. Actually some deny sin or evils very existence.
This movie tells is the story of early Welsh immigrants and their superstitions. It also tells the age old story of redemption. This is a FoxFaith film. FoxFaith has made a series of very good, quality films that uplift our culture rather than tear it down.
Yahoo movies offers a brief summary of the movie, “In 1850's Appalachia, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes is wracked with guilt over the death of her sister. She feels responsible for the loss and sets out to find the only man, known as The Sin Eater, who can take away her guilt. But while seeking redemption, Cadi learns a devastating secret that has the potential to tear apart her family and community.”
RATING
gregjaye rates this movie a ****1/2 of *****. The movie is an interesting account of early immigrant life in America. It describes the wrenching emotions of a young 10 year-old girl and the various dynamics of family life, of human interactions. I clearly depicts the gross depravity of the white settler to his fellow man, the Native American Indian. It shows the resulting guilt and shame felt by the descendants.
I can't help but compare the immoral behavior of the secret sins of the early Welsh settlers with the present day atrocity of abortion so widespread across America today and our complacency and apathy toward this horror. As a nation we are guilty and we, too must repent. We need the Sin Eater. The movie conveys very well a powerful moral message.
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