Heretic

Scott Beck and Bryan Woods made the house the argument. The living room is built so the missionaries, from the couch, can crane round to the long dark hallway leading out, but never to the window and the freedom outside. The wallpaper, which production designer Philip Messina wanted to look once desirable, reads as a spiderweb from a distance, an inkblot up close. A bank vault mechanism hides behind the front door light switch. Mr. Reed argues with records rather than scripture, putting a 1974 Hollies single on the turntable and singing a stretch of Creep to claim religions are iterations of one another. Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East were both raised Mormon: Thatcher drew on the instilled anxiety, East on the habit of smiling whatever she felt. Grant was cast because the directors had seen him play six roles in Cloud Atlas. He was nominated for leading actor at BAFTA and, in the musical or comedy field, at the Golden Globes, winning neither. Built on a Vancouver stage, the film took 60 million dollars. A good fit if you want the dread carried by a living room debate and came for Reed building his proof from two records. Not for viewers who need the argument settled; the film leaves the question open and turns physical.