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Today I'll show you a crime-mystery film: "The Tall Man"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The movie begins with police officers and a detective getting out of a tunnel
Then, the detective instructs the officers to put yellow tape around the place,
which means it is an active crime scene
After that, the detective leaves and goes to the town's precinct,
where he talks to the town's local nurse, Mrs Denning
The detective informs her that they fail to find the town's missing children
The town called Cold Rock remained the same for the last six years
It is a thriving mining town that became poverty-stricken,
causing it to vanish from the map, because it lacks everything
But then, something much worse happens; children are being abducted one by one
The scene changes to a mother, driving recklessly on the town's empty road with her two daughters
The mother stops at the town's local clinic, and calls Mrs Denning to help one of her daughters
Mrs Denning comes out running to help, and discovers that the patient is pregnant
Even though unequipped, Mrs Denning helps to deliver the baby
However, because the baby is breached, it does not cry at birth
So Mrs Denning performs resuscitation on the baby for a few seconds, until it finally cries
Meanwhile, the other daughter named Jenny, is sketching outside when she hears the baby's cries
Jenny has selective mutism because of her rough childhood,
and her sketchbook is her way to communicate
After that, Mrs Denning confronts the mother about her husband,
who is an alcoholic and violent boyfriend
The mother refuses to take her daughter to the hospital,
because she does not want other people to know about her complicated family
Following that, a series of parents are shown on television
They are the parents of the missing children, and some think it is because of the "Tall Man"
The Tall Man is the town's mysterious myth, who abducts children and leaves no trace of them
The following day, Mrs Denning eats in a diner with a couple of customers and the sheriff
They talk about the continuous cases of missing children in the town;
when suddenly, a weird woman looks inside from the window
The others immediately bad-mouth the woman, but Mrs Denning comes out, and kindly offers her coffee
However, the woman only looks at Mrs Denning, and leaves without a word
That afternoon, Mrs Denning goes to the mother's house, and looks for the baby;
but the mother informs her that she sent her daughter and grandchild to her sister in Seattle
After that, Mrs Denning finds Jenny by the river, and gives her a new sketchbook
Jenny uses her sketchbook to communicate with Mrs Denning
She shows a sketch of the Tall Man, and writes that she had seen him
Later that day, Mrs Denning comes home, which she shares with her son and a nanny
Mrs Denning spends time playing with her son before they eat dinner
After that, she puts her son to bed, and drinks alcoholic beverages with the nanny,
until she falls asleep on the couch
The following day, Mrs Denning wakes up from a loud religious sermon on the radio
She walks downstairs and finds the nanny tied, and gagged with bruises and blood on her face
Mrs Denning immediately pulls down the gag, so the nanny can talk; but she realizes something
Mrs Denning quickly runs upstairs to her son's room, only to find the bed empty
She comes back down and helps the nanny; but when she looks at the door,
she finds her son in the arms of the mysterious Tall Man
Mrs Denning quickly follows him to his truck
She dangerously holds on to the truck's back door, until it finally stops
She quickly hides from the Tall Man, and attempts to take her son
Suddenly, a K9 dog comes out of the truck and attacks her
Mrs Denning fights the angry dog, and beats it with a rock;
but the Tall Man finds her and knocks her unconscious
After that, Mrs Denning wakes up at the back of the truck, with her hands tied
She is inside with the dog, who angrily growls at her
She desperately frees herself, and attacks the Tall Man, while the dog bites her leg
Mrs Denning endures the pain and continues the assault,
which causes the Tall Man to lose control, causing the truck to fall sideways
Then, the passenger door opens, and Mrs Denning's son suspiciously comes out without any bruises
Seconds later, the Tall Man comes out too
he takes the son, and leaves Mrs Denning inside the truck
Unexpectedly, Jenny is on the road, and sees the Tall Man taking Mrs Denning's son
so she comes towards the truck; and suddenly hears a noise
Jenny quickly goes away, while Mrs Denning finally comes out at the back
Even though injured, Mrs Denning follows the shoe print of the Tall Man to the forest
While in pursuit of finding her son, Mrs Denning unluckily falls into quicksand;
but she immediately pulls herself up from it
Unable to find her son, Mrs Denning cries in frustration, before she returns to the road
Shortly after, a detective finds her lying on the ground
Upon seeing her state, the detective orders to search the Tall Man;
and he leaves Mrs Denning at the diner
The townspeople are shocked and confused to see Mrs Denning's state;
but the owner requests to leave them alone for a moment
Then, the owner kindly offers her clothes for Mrs Denning to clean herself up
After changing, Mrs Denning goes to the owner's office,
where she finds an altar with cropped newspapers about the missing children,
and a photograph of her son
A staff member sees Mrs Denning, and quickly informs the townspeople that she suspects something
They patiently wait for Mrs Denning to come out,
but one of the townspeople cannot wait anymore, and goes to the owner's office
He finds the room empty, and the back door open; so he comes back at the front,
and informs the others that Mrs Denning is in the forest
Upon hearing that, everyone divides themselves to chase,
and find Mrs Denning like she is a criminal
The sheriff drives to a building, unaware that Mrs Denning is actually inside of his police car
A few minutes later, the sheriff returns to his car;
so Mrs Denning waits for him to leave, and goes inside the building
She wanders the floors and rooms, when she suddenly sees her son standing across her in a hallway
Mrs Denning quickly goes to him; but the kid runs away to a room
so she follows him
Suddenly, the Tall Man comes out, and beats her right on the head
Before she loses consciousness, Mrs Denning sees that the Tall Man she faces is a fake,
because it is the weird woman from the diner
Following that, Mrs Denning wakes up tied on a chair, while the woman talks about her son
It turns out that the kid is actually one of the missing children,
and Mrs Denning is the one to blame for all the kidnappings
The woman shares the night she saw her missing son in Mrs Denning's house through the window,
and how she informed the townspeople
At first, they were skeptical to believe her accusation,
because Mrs Denning is known to be a good citizen in the town
But later on, she convinced them to give her a chance to prove it,
by taking her son from Mrs Denning's home
The woman refrains herself from beating Mrs Denning,
but she asks her about the other missing children
Mrs Denning confesses that she gave them to the Tall Man,
so the woman asks who is the person behind the Tall Man
However, Mrs Denning refuses to give his name, so the woman slaps her hard,
which causes her to fall with the chair
The kid sees them, and Mrs Denning uses the opportunity to free herself, and punch the woman
Then her head bumps into a cabinet, knocking her unconscious
Meanwhile, the kid quickly runs to hide from Mrs Denning, but Jenny unexpectedly finds him
Jenny takes the kid; and suddenly, Mrs Denning comes out, scaring the kid
He looks at Jenny smirking, and Jenny pushes him towards Mrs Denning
The three come out of the building, and they go to Mrs Denning's house
Mrs Denning gives the kid to the nanny, and instructs Jenny to go home; but she stubbornly refuses
Jenny uses her sketchbook, to reveal that she has been watching Mrs Denning for weeks;
and now, she wants Mrs Denning to send her to the Tall Man
Mrs Denning leaves Jenny outside, and informs the nanny about Jenny's revelation
Then she takes the kid, and goes inside a room
Moments later, Mrs Denning finally emerges from the room without the kid
She comes out and finds Jenny waiting for her
Mrs Denning informs Jenny that she gave Jenny's information to the Tall Man;
but she needs to be cautious about keeping it a secret, because the Tall Man might harm her
Then, Mrs Denning instructs Jenny to go home, which she finally does
Then, Mrs Denning returns inside, just in time for the townspeople's arrival
They shout foul words to Mrs Denning, but she remains calm, and sleeps on the couch
The following day, the police and FBI finally arrive at her house, along with the angry townspeople
On the way out, Mrs Denning finds the nanny hanging in one of the rooms,
while the angry mob attempts to harm her
Some are angry, while some seek answers on their missing child's whereabouts
After that, the police and FBI are left at home, investigating the house
Then, the detective goes to the room that Mrs Denning went to with the kid,
and finds that it is connected to a mining tunnel that leads to a road
The detective calls for help to search the underground, but fails to find the missing children
So, the detective goes to the town's precinct, to inform Mrs Denning about it
but she remains unmoved by the news
Following that, the search for missing children continues on Mrs Denning's land property
At the same time,
the detective interrogates Mrs Denning about her involvement with the missing children
Mrs Denning finally replies to the detective when he mentions her late husband,
the previous town's doctor
She says they fail to conceive a child independently, but their love for children never fades
So, when poverty strikes in their town and affects the children,
Mrs Denning believes she has to do something to make them suffer less
She kidnapped kids, and brainwashed them to keep them in her house, where she gave them everything
When the detective asks if she killed those kids, Mrs Denning refuses to talk again
Meanwhile, the authorities spend hours finding the missing children in the tunnel and the forest;
but they fail miserably
Then, they finally use the weird woman to get answers from Mrs Denning
As instructed by the authorities, the woman refrains herself from bursting out,
while talking to Mrs Denning
Mrs Denning shares that the reason behind her acts,
is that she needed to save those children from growing up into a broken and complicated family,
which fails to give them the nourishment and encouragement that they need
She adds that she needed to break the cycle of children
growing up in bad homes that lead to poverty,
and abuse that passes from one generation to another
She needed to act, because the government refused to help the poor;
and that is why children continue to suffer
Then, Mrs Denning confesses that she killed the children, because they are too much to handle
After that, the woman leaves, overwhelmed by the information
On the other hand, Jenny sees her mother engaging in a violent fight with her drunk boyfriend
Jenny helps her mother, but the boyfriend carelessly hurts her
so the mother fights back, but then laughs with her boyfriend about it
Jenny is disgusted by them, so Jenny runs off into a nearby field,
when the Tall Man suddenly comes out of nowhere and takes her
At first, Jenny is scared; but later on, she calms down,
and lets the Tall Man take her away from her family with new clothes and identity
The Tall Man takes Jenny to a city, where he delivers her to a new family
Then, the Tall Man finally reveals his identity;
he is the husband of Mrs Denning,
which means that Mrs Denning lied to the whole town and authorities
The Tall Man refuses the payment,
because it is a disrespect to his wife's sacrifices to keep the organization,
that rescues children from bad homes, and gives them to new and good ones
A few months later, Jenny's mother still grieves her daughter's disappearance;
and the town continues to decline, while Mrs Denning is still in prison
The police have given up on finding the missing children,
because they think Mrs Denning buried them in the dangerous tunnels
Then, Jenny's voice-over plays; and she talks about her three mothers
The first is her biological mother, whom she loves and misses
Mrs Denning is Jenny's second mother,
who loved her and gave her the chance to free herself from suffering
The last one is her new mother,
who gave her beautiful shelter, education, and provided everything she wanted
Because of her, Jenny manages to adjust well to her new life, so that she can finally talk
Following that, Jenny walks to her art class,
when she suddenly sees Mrs Denning's son in the park with his new family
The film ends with Jenny's voice-over,
questioning whether she made the right decision about leaving her family for a better life
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