Child of God is set in a mountainous county in Tennessee and it tells a tale of Lester Ballard. Mister Ballard was a dispossessed, violent man who tried to exist outside of the social order. He is deprived of parents and home and is left with no ties, he starts to descends into madness and down to the level of a cave dweller as he stumbles down the road to crime and degradation. Movie is based on Cormac McCarthy's book of the same name. The book isn't easy to read and is heavy with scenes which could make an adult feel nauseous, the same can be said about the movie. Lester Ballard is a loner, he roams through the woods like an angry dog trying out multiple depraved and vicious activities ranging from assault to necrophilia. It is weird to feel sympathetic towards Lester Ballard, but that's exactly accomplished in this movie. He might be a weird and vicious individual and entirely revolting, but he has something in him which makes him human, and seem very similar to the regular people. Even tho the movie is grim and dark, it manages to make the viewers laugh. The cast did a wonderful job in making the book characters come to life and the entire movie is well satisfying.