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  • Summary: Living in a small town and amongst a house full of crystal meth abusers, seventeen year-old Abe wrestles to beat an addiction to meth and struggles to protect himself and his young niece from an abusive Uncle Bump. When Sonny returns home from prison seeking redemption from his son, Abe, the two must navigate the treacherous waters created by Bump, who will do almost anything to maintain a dangerous lifestyle fueled by crystal meth. The tension and suspense build up to an electrifying ending where harrowing choices are made by all three men leading each of them to a different fate. (Greenwood Films) Expand
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  1. Reviewed by: David Rooney
    Dec 13, 2011
    70
    Its raw performances and dirty-realist immersion in a harsh environment keep Cook County engrossing.
  2. Reviewed by: Alison Willmore
    Dec 15, 2011
    58
    Cook County is an evocative portrait of the drug blight that's infected swaths of our country, but not only does it not get beyond that, its almost-gleeful horrorshow quality comes with the tinge of exploitation. Misery begets more misery, but to what end?
  3. Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Dec 15, 2011
    50
    What we need is for the writer and director, David Pomes, to wallow less in aimless dialogue and lowlife sordidness. What we need is a point.
  4. Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Dec 13, 2011
    38
    Unlike AMC's Breaking Bad, meth here doesn't reflect current, perilous economic realties; rather, it's just a low-rent drug used by degenerates whose lives say nothing about anything.

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