History Film / BlowTheManDown

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mary Beth has a history of this.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: GenderFlipped. Justin and Priscilla have some sparks but [[spoiler: at the end of the movie after uncovering some signs that could indicate her guilt, although there's no case to be made, he comments to his boss that he doesn't like her anymore]].

* FatAndSkinny: Justin and Coletti.

* NoTellMotel: Enid's "bed and breakfast".

* WretchedHive: The docks are referred to as 'The Desert' and are where most of the drugs and prostitution in town take place.

* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler: Alexis smother Enid in her sleep at the end]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Mary Beth's decisions set off the story's chain of events. But while it's understandable for her to hang out with Gorski when she's upset (not knowing his true nature) or for her to [[spoiler: kill him in self-defense... it becomes less so when she pockets a mysterious bag with thousands of dollars and then immediately uses a $100 bill as payment for a drink in a town where her family's financial troubles are common knowledge. As you can guess, this comes back to bite her]].

Featuring ''Creator/MargoMartindale'' as Brothel madame Enid, the story follows a small Maine town, where sisters Mary Beth and Priscilla have just finished burying their mother. That night, Mary Beth kills a man in self-defense, but covers it up out of fear of not being believed, and of the other negative consequences. They find that the dead man had $50,000 with him, and try to work through the mess, while his employer at the brothel, some old family friends with dark secrets, and the local police all look into both the disappearance of the man the girls killed, and a local prostitute who he'd murdered shortly beforehand.

* SocietyMarchesOn: The brothel was originally made to provide and outlet for randy sailors who threaten to seduce/rape their way through all of the good women of the town. But now, the era where most men see that as acceptable (and where there wouldn't be legal avenues to get them convicted) is gone, and the brothel is a more seedy, exploitive operation that none of the women besides Enid feel comfortable about.

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* TheAlcoholic: Enid spends most of the film drinking and has passed out by the time that [[spoiler:Alexis [[VorpalPillow smothers her]]. Also applies to Mary Beth, who had bottles of liquor hidden in her store and home, though she seems to have successfully hidden it from her daughters]].

* SocietyMarchesOn: The brothel was originally made to provide and outlet for randy sailors who threaten to seduce/rape their way through all of the good women of the town. But now, the era where most men see that as acceptable (and where there wouldn't be legal avenues to get them convicted) is gone, and the brothel is a more seedy, exploitive operation that none of the women besides Enid feel comftorable about.

* WhatAnIdiot: Mary Beth's decisions set off the story's chain of events. But while it's understandable for her to hang out with Gorski when she's upset (not knowing his true nature) or for her to [[spoiler: kill him in self-defense... it becomes less so when she pockets a mysterious bag with thousands of dollars and then immediately uses a $100 bill as payment for a drink in a town where her family's financial troubles are common knowledge. As you can guess, this comes back to bite her]].

* GreekChorus:While the singing fishermen never actually describe the plot, their singing is a good indicator of the mood for a given section of the movie, and they seem to be hovering in the background during key events without the other characters acknowledging their presence.

* WhatAnIdiot! Mary Beth's decisions set off the story's chain of events. But while it's understandable for her to hang out with Gorski when she's upset (not knowing his true nature) or for her to [[spoiler: kill him in self-defense... it becomes less so when she pockets a mysterious bag with thousands of dollars and then immediately uses a $100 bill as payment for a drink in a town where her family's financial troubles are common knowledge. As you can guess, this comes back to bite her]].

* WhatAnIdiot!: Mary Beth's decisions set off the story's chain of events. But while it's understandable for her to hang out with Gorski when she's upset (not knowing his true nature) or for her to [[spoiler: kill him in self-defense... it becomes less so when she pockets a mysterious bag with thousands of dollars and then immediately uses a $100 bill as payment for a drink in a town where her family's financial troubles are common knowledge. As you can guess, this comes back to bite her]].

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Enid and the other old women, who now work to try and drive her out of town, while she fights to keep the brothel open.

* AllGirlsLikeBadBoys: Mary Beth has a history of this.

* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler: Alexis smother Enid in her sleep at the end]].

* VorpalPillow: [[spoiler: Alexis smother Enid in her sleep at the end.