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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Jess and Moss are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture out on a journey exploring deep secrets, identity and hopes of the future in the wilds of th...

Directed By: Clay Jeter

Written By: Debra Coleman Jeter, Nikki Jeter Wilbanks, Will Basanta, Isaac Hagy, Clay Jeter

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 23 m

Jess and Moss

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jess and Moss are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture out on a journey exploring deep secrets, identity and hopes of the future in the wilds of th...

Directed By: Clay Jeter

Written By: Debra Coleman Jeter, Nikki Jeter Wilbanks, Will Basanta, Isaac Hagy, Clay Jeter

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
4 Reviews
20% Mixed
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90
Feb 14, 2012
Jeter's film takes on the quality of a sustained dream, as if the theatrical conceits of Jean Genet were married to a children's story retold via William Faulker's Southern brand of stream of consciousness.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 14, 2012
Achingly sad and surpassingly lovely.
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80
Feb 14, 2012
The filmmaker made the film on his family's tobacco farm so perhaps his own memories may filter through those of his fictional characters. Or maybe they're not fictional at all. Jess + Moss is, to put it mildly, open to interpretation.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 21, 2012
A strange and intoxicating indie constructed as a series of vignettes that capture two children grappling with the overlap of trauma and nostalgia.
By Glenn Heath Jr. FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 16, 2012
Mr. Jeter, who has made his feature-length debut with this film, tries to capture the loose feel of childhood's open-ended summers. But the vocabulary of his imagery feels worn out, and the ambience feels handed down.
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Production Company Blood River Pictures, Love Streams Productions, Liquid Crystal Productions
Release Date Feb 17, 2012
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.jessandmoss.com/
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Awards

Wine Country Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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