The Dark Side of Human Unravelling
Life Lessons from the movie ‘Don’t Tell A Soul’
Some movies are neither crowd-pleasers nor packed with entertainment value but tell the human story and teach harsh truths
Don’t Tell A Soul is a 2020 movie written and directed by Alex McAulay starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Fion Whitehead, Rainn Wilson, and Mena Suvari. A depressing story dealing with life, circumstances, and the consequences of our actions (or inactions) and decisions, It tells of how we often make ourselves hostages and prisoners to our life situations and circumstances dragging others down with us or blaming them for our predicament rather than breaking free
Synopsis
Two brothers, 17-year-old Matt (Fionn Whitehead)and 14-year-old Joey(Jack Dylan Grazer) set off a deadly chain of events when they break into an elderly lady’s tent to steal her life savings while it is being fumigated. It is actually Matt’s plan but he persuades Joey to come along as the money will be spent on medicine for their mother’s failing health.
Things do not go as planned as they meet a security guard leaving the scene which leads to a chase. The security guard falls into an abandoned dry well covered by foliage. Matt persuades…
