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  • 2023
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2023
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Set in the Appalachian Mountains, Devil’s Peak is a tense thriller about a family dominated by a crime lord (Billy Bob Thornton) who controls his family and his business with his fists. When his son (Hopper Penn) meets the girl of his dreams (Katelyn Nacon), desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and free himself f...

Directed By: Ben Young

Written By: Robert Knott, David Joy

  • 2023
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2023
  • Screen Media Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Devil's Peak

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Set in the Appalachian Mountains, Devil’s Peak is a tense thriller about a family dominated by a crime lord (Billy Bob Thornton) who controls his family and his business with his fists. When his son (Hopper Penn) meets the girl of his dreams (Katelyn Nacon), desperately wanting to escape the life he is expected to lead and free himself f...

Directed By: Ben Young

Written By: Robert Knott, David Joy

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
38
13% Positive
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63% Mixed
5 Reviews
25% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
38
13% Positive
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
Feb 13, 2023
Brooding, powerful, and every inch the Americana melodrama - Devil’s Peak packs a punch and just keeps on coming.
By Martin Carr FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 21, 2023
With terrific Appalachian ambience and moments of carefully constructed action, Devil’s Peak is not a terrible movie, but in the bigger picture, it’s not a particularly memorable one, either. It just lies there on the table, like day-old grits.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 20, 2023
Despite some good performances and vividly written characters, Devil’s Peak crumbles due to Penn’s inexperienced performance. Otherwise, it’s an entertaining drama with some grandiose ideas about family legacy that make it peculiarly compelling.
By Murtada Elfadl FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 26, 2023
The elements of a good, “Winter’s Bone”-like depiction of the rural social order are here. But they only really coalesce — and combust — when Thornton’s on the screen.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 16, 2023
The movie doesn’t have enough of a narrative engine to compensate for its lack of world building.
By Brandon Yu FULL REVIEW
33
Feb 14, 2023
The cast is solid, the film’s pedigree is good, there’s a sense of direction and competence laced through it all, but the whole is lesser than its parts. It’s hard to watch not just because it fails, but because you see all the ways it might have succeeded.
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25
Feb 17, 2023
Ben Young’s atrocious Devil’s Peak is a case study of excellent performers being given so little to work with from a script.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Curmudgeon Films, Thruline Entertainment, New Legend Entertainment, Kodiak Pictures, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Studio 507
Release Date Feb 17, 2023
Duration 1 h 37 m
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Awards

West Australian Screen Culture Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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