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6.1/10
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A man who left home 40 years earlier to become a country singer returns home to the tattered remains of his broken family and a grandson who is desperately trying to escape the family curse.A man who left home 40 years earlier to become a country singer returns home to the tattered remains of his broken family and a grandson who is desperately trying to escape the family curse.A man who left home 40 years earlier to become a country singer returns home to the tattered remains of his broken family and a grandson who is desperately trying to escape the family curse.
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- 1 nomination total
Reece Thompson
- Fleming Bloodworth
- (as Reece Daniel Thompson)
Hilarie Burton Morgan
- Hazel
- (as Hilarie Burton)
Samantha Ruston
- Counter Girl
- (as Samantha Talbott)
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Whether or not you are a country fan-or not,this movie is outstanding with great acting and performances from the whole cast. We had to watch it twice to pick up a few hard to catch details, but overall,-Kristofferson, Kilmer ,Duff and Dwight yoakam did justice to this film. Very Dramatic and the story is very well put together. Some nice country music and also some very nice scenes. It tells the story of the 3 sons who all live different lives. Hillary Duff is exceptional in her part. val Kilmer also very good.It is a movie that perhaps needs to be watched twice if you do not grasp the beginning. I highly recommend this movie as a must to watch. Kris kristofferson is a great actor here and deserves all for his efforts. Also loved the songs in the end credits. A great family treat. Sit back and enjoy it like i did.
Wow, this movie is so good. Wonderful characters, wonderful storyline, wonderful songs and music, beautiful countryside. Weird but also very normal people down in the South. There are very nice and kind people, but also got lot of mean people, white trash. The guy who left the family 40 years ago, now wanted to come back to his old home again to die. There are so many deep nostalgic emotions, melancholic memories, hard and hurt feelings floating around in this bitter sweet movie. The struggling, lonely, frustrate growing pain of that wonderful innocent young man, that girl he fell in love with, "I got a gal, sweet as she can be, Raven is her name..." , a short but sweet song. Everybody in this movie performed so well and so natural. Just wish more people could enjoy this movie.
This story takes place in a beautiful country setting somewhere in Tennessee. It revolves around a young man whose family was splintered apart by his grandfather's (Kris Kristofferson) departure long before he was born. Grandpa Bloodworth left behind boys that grew up carrying the pain of their father's departure, and we watch how it all manifest upon his return.
This is an excellent piece of storytelling using a rural setting to tell a story from a part of America that the movie explores without any condemning bias about the South or Southerners. This movie simply tells a story from a corner of America that anyone can relate to if you pay attention to what's being said.
Some say it moved along slowly, but I thought the pace completely appropriate with the story being told. The movie keeps you glued wanting to know the "why's and what's" of upcoming events, while the ending will certainly pull your heartstrings.
Outstanding acting by great performers, a great story, and definitely worth a watch.
This is an excellent piece of storytelling using a rural setting to tell a story from a part of America that the movie explores without any condemning bias about the South or Southerners. This movie simply tells a story from a corner of America that anyone can relate to if you pay attention to what's being said.
Some say it moved along slowly, but I thought the pace completely appropriate with the story being told. The movie keeps you glued wanting to know the "why's and what's" of upcoming events, while the ending will certainly pull your heartstrings.
Outstanding acting by great performers, a great story, and definitely worth a watch.
Dirty, gloomy, melo-dramatic, like many movies today,
But on the other hand, its a good study into the human condition on how not to live, and how what we sew, we also reap, sometimes in full measure.
Good watching old veteran Kristofferson who may have flinched a couple of times making the movie, as he was once on that road himself.
Worth a watch.
Good watching old veteran Kristofferson who may have flinched a couple of times making the movie, as he was once on that road himself.
Worth a watch.
I rented this at Redbox after seeing the 7.2 IMDb rating. I forgot to check the number of IMDb votes. With only 300+ votes, it's obvious that many of the reviewers worked on the movie or were related to the cast and crew. Their praise was the praise of a parent for a dearly loved, but completely ungifted, child. This movie basically stank. It has some big name actors and it appears to have been made with a reasonable budget, but the general acting, directing, and storyline were BAD, BAD, BAD. Did you see Winter's Bone? If so, Winter's Bone probably inspired this movie, but the inspiration was drowned by a lack of writing, acting, and directing talent. My general rule of thumb is that you can ignore an IMDb rating until you have over 1,000 votes. The first few hundred votes are anything but unbiased. I forgot to check the number of votes and wasted $1 on another Redbox stinker.
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Hilarie Burton Morgan, the script called for her and Val Kilmer to have a rowdy love scene that got interrupted by a phone call. On the day of shooting, Kilmer wanted to change the scene because he thought it was "not interesting," and a gratuitous sex scene with a younger woman didn't service the story or the character, nor say anything about the relationship and why the characters were in it. Instead, Kilmer sent someone to a local restaurant to pick up a huge tub of ribs. In the final scene, the camera pans up as the couple's moans are heard, but instead of sexual satisfaction, they're moans of "two people, comfortable and indulgent, tangled up in bed and unfettered by the mess, elbows deep in North Carolina's finest BBQ."
- Quotes
Julia Bloodworth: If sense was gunpowder, every one of you men together wouldn't have enough to load a round of birdshot.
- SoundtracksYou Don't Tell Me What To Do
Written and Performed by Kris Kristofferson
Produced by T Bone Burnett
Engineered and Mixed by Jason Wormer
Assistant Engineer Vanessa Parr
Assistant to T Bone Burnett: Jessica C. Mitchell
Contractor/Production Coordinator Ivy Skoff
The Band: Kris Kristofferson (guitars, vocals, harmonica); David Kemper (drums); Dennis Crouch (acoustic bass); Tony Gilkyson (guitar); T Bone Burnett (guitar); Michael Johnstone (pedal steel)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $12,971
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,612
- May 22, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $12,971
- Runtime
- 1h 45m(105 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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