"I Told You to Shut Up Once Already...With My Mouth"

Its an outrageous early moment. I guess he thinks he's being polite...at least WARNING his wife that his next discipline will be physical if she does it again.

But the weird thing is, in this very tough and raw movie about very tough and raw (impoverished, meth-taking, quick-to-fight and kill) people , this character has the potential to become a better man. Maybe.

I don't personally recommend movies because my cup of tea may not be yours, but I liked this movie very much. And this particular character goes in interesting directions.

Definitely underrated. He played off of Olyphant, McShane, and Malcomson so well in Deadwood. With each of them, a slightly different man, but the core of who Sol was never wavered.

Later in the film I thought it was all an act that his wife was in on, to put Ree off from asking more questions, thus keeping her alive.

Notice after the threat the wife goes into the bedroom to ask again and you can hear Teardrop being nicer.

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Hmm. Interesting points. I haven't seen the movie in awhile and I only saw it twice, so I may have missed that "nuance." I can certainly agree with that as a possible reality because Teardrop ends up demonstrating heroism later on.

Again..interesting. Thanks. But: that line certainly has a nastiness all its own when applied to domestic abuse in general.

Yes to this!

I figured it was a front most of the men put on. The most cruel scene in the film involved violence by women. In the barn, it became apparent the code among the men was that none of them would've hit Ree.