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Screen Door Jesus

EMAILPRINTIndican Pictures

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Kirk Davis
Christopher Cook (stories)

Directed by: Kirk Davis

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 30, 2005
DVD: April 17, 2007

Running Time: 119 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: R for language and some sexual content

Starring Terry Parks, Buck Taylor, Myk Watford, Cynthia Dorn, Silvia Moore, Julius Tennon, Scarlett McAlister, and Alaina Kalanj

Set in a small East Texas town, this is a wry, comedic observation of religion, race and the "damnable" struggle between the ideals of faith and the confusing and often contradictory moral issues of everyday life. As entertaining as it is thought provoking, Screen Door Jesus shines a light on religion, exposing the many grey areas. (Indican Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A slyly observed slice of Americana.

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Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

It's a knowing, dare I say sweet, little film that takes pains to let the characters speak for themselves, never rallying behind an implicit religious message, which may be the best message of all.

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60

LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson

The cinematography, by Dan Stoloff (Tumbleweeds, Miracle), is beautiful throughout, but the individual stories occasionally verge toward silliness...Still, there's an affectionate authenticity here that Hollywood baloney like "Crash" can't touch.

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60

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Winner of the Golden Starfish fiction competition at the Hamptons fest, pic's gutsy, madly ambiguous unleashing of a mixed bag of religious reactions attests to a genuine sense of regionalism.

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