'Compliance:' Following orders

Based on true events, Craig Zobel's ferocious second feature was the talk of this year's Sundance Film Festival. Working at a fast-food restaurant, employee Becky (Dreama Walker) is accused of stealing money from a patron by her supervisor Sandra (a terrific Ann Dowd), who was informed of the theft by Officer Daniels over the phone. But is Officer Daniels legit? Zobel's masterful direction and screenplay heighten the distress of authority figures possessing unseen persuasion over naive employees, exposing a disturbing and haunting look at what some workers are willing to do in order to follow orders.