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- 2020
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 45 m
Summary A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
Directed By: Joey Klein
Written By: Joey Klein
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 45 m
Castle in the Ground
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6.5
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Summary A grieving teenager (Alex Wolff) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Imogen Poots), only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
Directed By: Joey Klein
Written By: Joey Klein
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
53
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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While some of the more conventional genre beats could use more specificity, Klein gets such wrenching, charismatic performances that you’d forgive him of anything.
This film will stay with you for a long, long time.
This blistering film about addiction doesn’t judge the abusers, instead offering an intimate view into a world of hurting people lost in a maze of peer pressure, letting us see how a nice guy like Henry can turn to hard drugs.
Even as Castle in the Ground begins to fray and fall apart, Joey Klein’s dour but gripping opioid drama remains believable for how perfectly it dovetails with its grieving protagonist.
Campbell gets across the quiet struggle of knowing one’s fate and trying to keep it from breaking her son’s future — concealing, then revealing, edging up to “the talk.”
The film is quite well-acted and made with a stylistic imprint that's atmospherically tailored to the subject matter, if a little fussy and self-conscious at times. But it's an unrewarding downer.
The result is an earnest, sometimes skillful effort that nonetheless often feels slack and underwritten, as well as ultimately less-than-rewarding.
We’ve seen it before: Faces, substances and locations may change, but the self-destructive behavior and dreary vibe are pretty much constants.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
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Generally Favorable
Based on 4 User Ratings
6.5
25% Positive
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Production Company
Woods Entertainment,
Band With Pictures,
Line 200,
Tip-Top Productions,
Vigilante Productions
Release Date May 15, 2020
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Tagline Sky high is rock bottom
Awards
Toronto International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Windsor International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 1 Nomination
