Brea Grant

Part feminist county music Sunset Boulevard, part dreams-of-making-it-big-gone-wrong melodrama, Brea Grant’s direction and the performance of Katy Segal as Harper Dutch in particular give Torn Hearts an oomph that in the hands of others it may have otherwise lacked. While not reinventing the horror or thriller wheel by any stretch, Torn Hearts is solid fun, and doesn’t hold back in calling its women characters to account; this is no idealized fairytale where it’s all girl power and unity. For better or for worse, it’s dog eat dog.