Least Among Saints

Least Among Saints is a 2012 American drama film written by, directed by, and starring Martin Papazian with Tristan Lake Leabu, Laura San Giacomo and Charles S. Dutton.

A social services worker named Jolene (San Giacomo) agrees to let Anthony take care of Wade while they find him a foster family.

"[5] Simon Abrams of The Village Voice: "There's no amount of emotional distress that macho brooding can't fix in Least Among Saints, a monotonous drama centered on a PTSD-afflicted Gulf War II soldier's search for canned redemption.

The emotional stakes of writer/director/star Martin Papazian's feature directorial debut are almost exclusively defined by clichés"[6] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine: "Tonally, Least Among Saints is reminiscent of the low-rent action films released under the WWE banner...

The film is simply, particularly for its sensitive subject matter, inexcusably absurd... but as a story meant to take place on some rational version of planet Earth, it's utterly hopeless.