![]() Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 62 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The film has a 71% "Fresh" rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews. Clayton begins to cry at this sight and finally takes the sacrament as everyone else follows with him. Everyone else sees this and also refuses to take the sacrament, showing that Clayton is not at fault for his actions. With the investigation finally over, Clayton is emotionally drained, and during Sunday's church service, refuses to partake of the sacrament, feeling he does not deserve it. Preparing to arrest "Terry", Clayton is forced to kill him in front of "Terry's" wife when "Terry" draws a gun on Clayton, with his wife hysterically telling Clayton to leave. "Terry" admits Jamie is dead, and put her body, along with the others who haven't been found, in a secluded area within a nearby forest. "Terry" admits his guilt and is revealed to be involved with multiple disappearances of other young women around the area, as well as the murders. Clayton deduces that after "Terry" was released, he assumed the identity of a returned missionary who died in a drowning accident, and moved to Brigham City under this new persona. Clayton reveals that he tested Terry's fingerprints from the office and connects him to a criminal who was incarcerated for rape in Arizona several years ago. Among the containers tested is a thermos brought by Peg's boyfriend, but they turn up nothing.Ĭlayton later visits Terry's house and talks to him about the fingerprinting efforts. Later that night and disheartened at his actions, Clayton returns to the bottles gathered from the bar and resumes collecting the fingerprints off them. Forcing himself in, Clayton discovers the man's collection of pornography, but finds nothing relating him to Jamie or the murders. This causes a rift within the community, especially when one house, the home to a photographer and his mother, is particularly against them searching. The following morning, Clayton organizes most male church members and orders them to inquire at every house and search the property for Jamie. Knowing what people can lose, Peg declares, keeps Clayton at work. At the police station, Peg confides to Meredith that Clayton is dedicated to the job because he was involved in a fatal car accident that killed his wife and son, and put him into a coma for several days. Clayton visits the scene and, at his wits end, decides that the killer is indeed someone within Brigham City and not an outsider. Before he can act, Stu is shot to death by the killer, who takes Jamie with him. While on his way back, Stu visits a convenience store and stumbles upon an apparent robbery, finding the store's clerk, a local girl named Jamie, tied up. After collecting all of the bottles, Clayton leaves the team to their respective duties. Clayton and his team organize an effort to gather fingerprints to test against those found at the crime scenes, using beer bottles collected from a local bar. Shocked, Clayton decides to deputize Stu and expands his search to within Brigham City, starting with some migrant workers working for Ralph, a local contractor for Brigham City. The subsequent investigation turns up little evidence, mostly due to Clayton's lack of resources, but tries to keep up with it as best he can.ĭuring the night after a local parade and festival, the body of a local beauty pageant queen is found under a gazebo, raped and strangled. Among the two agents sent is Meredith, who confides to Clayton that the killer is likely someone within Brigham City, a claim Clayton doesn't believe. ![]() Since Wes has no experience in murder investigations and because he wants to keep the murder's influence out of his town, he calls in the FBI from their closest office in Salt Lake City, Utah. While driving with Terry one day, they stumble upon the body of a young women who has been beaten to death in an isolated shack off the road. His only staff are the witty Peg, his receptionist, Stu ( Wilford Brimley), the elderly former sheriff of Brigham City, and Terry, a young and idealistic deputy. In Clayton's entire career, there have never been any serious or heinous crimes reported in Brigham City, and generally remains optimistic about the town's friendly nature. Clayton is a devout Latter-Day Saint who is one of seventeen bishops in the town. Wes Clayton ( Richard Dutcher) is the town sheriff of the small, idyllic town of Brigham City, Utah. It was financed by private investors.īecause of the in-movie descriptions of geography and population, it depicts a fictional Utah town of Brigham City rather than the actual town of Brigham City. It was written and directed by Richard Dutcher, who also plays in the main role of Sheriff Wes Clayton. Brigham City is a 2001 murder mystery independent film.
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