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In this case, the man is a neo-Nazi, played with volcanic intensity by Jamie Bell.
The only affection he shows regularly is toward his Rottweiler, Boss.
What comes into focus is that Babs traded one abusive dynamic for another.
Interspersed throughout the film are flash-forwards to Babss tattoo-removal procedure.
What follows is prime family drama: loyalty tested, old wounds prodded.
The complications behind Babss glacial drift from his former life rear forward.
Daryle is a thinly drawn angel on Babss shoulder, absorbing abuse and always responding with forgiveness.
What is it about the ideology itself that captured Babs?
It ends on a note of forgiveness for Babs but it is one that feels unearned.
