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MPAA RATING: R for sexuality, nudity, drug content, violence and language
Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount, Ray McKinnon, Harry J. Lennix, Walton Goggins, Grace Zabriskie, Johnny Galecki, and Colin Fickes
Set in the Ozark mountains, Chrystak combines red-dirt realism with the fabulist Southern literary tradition – part Flannery O'Connor, part Johnny Cash – to tell a wild and haunting tale of the power of true love. (First Look)
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: | Ray McKinnon |
| DIRECTED BY: | Ray McKinnon |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 30, 2005 Video: August 30, 2005 Theatrical: June 10, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 106 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
Best Actress (Blount), 2004 Stockholm Film Festival; Nominated, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic), 2004 Sundance Film Festival
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Greg T. gave it a5:
Intense but dour. The sets alone could lead you to suicide. Everyone is redeemed but with a load of effort.
Jim M. gave it a3:
Painful to sit through. Some scenes over-theatrical with much scenery chewing. Dialogue a hoot. Plot contrived with stock characters. Faulkner meets Al Capp.
Kitten gave it a3:
Although beautifully pkotographed, I was very disappointed. The potential to make this a GREAT film was there, but it fell far shot. I would have liked to have seen this movie with a little less implied sex and stereotypical characters, and a lot more time spent giving us a real look into the hearts and minds of the characters. BRAVO to Grace Z...the best actor in the entire piece.
Albert I. gave it a10:
Great acting and beautiful music. A must see.
Haden gave it a9:
I thought this movie was great - havent been this pulled into to a story, setting, and culture thing in some time - not perfect but unique and captious and raw.
Sebastian L. gave it a2:
Unfortunately this movie suffers from a schizofrenic story line. The main plot line has enough tragic drama to support the film and if you were to fast-fwd all of the insipid sub-plots you would have a pretty good film. My Question for Ray McKinnon who wrote and directed this movie is this... Will you guys ever stop with the idiotic redneck bad guys named 'Snake?' Thornton and Blount give good performances but it's not enough.
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