Luce

THE GIST: All seems to be going great in high school for their adopted son Luce, forecasting a brilliant future, until a concerned teacher makes a disturbing discovery.

I was very intrigued about Luce by the little information I was able to extrapolate from snippets of the trailer I caught (I always try to avoid watching them in full, as they give away too much information), and I wasn't disappointed.

The plot is quite layered and gets unraveled slowly to great effect.

Octavia Spencer is phenomenal and Kelvin Harrison Jr. is fantastic; Naomi Watts and Tim Roth are as great as always.

THE BOTTOM LINE: I really enjoyed this movie for the spiraling family drama at its center and the performances. I strongly recommend it.

Grade: 8