Hand to God

In suburban Texas, recent widow Margery runs an evangelical puppet troupe for high school students. The members of the club are her son Jason, Jason’s crush Jessica, and Timothy, who’s too-cool-for-school antics cover that he’s only there while his mom attends Alcoholics Anonymous. The pressure mounts as Pastor Greg asks the puppet club to put on a performance at the church next Sunday. Jason’s puppet, Tyrone, takes on a satanic life of his own, leads them into sin, and expresses secrets that the characters would rather have left unsaid. The deep loneliness of the characters combine in a nasty but humorous combination of sex, violence, and emotional intimacy.