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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 51 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A Russian gangster (Richard Dreyfuss) engages Rodney (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a former boxer, to take down his associate’s son-in-law via a salacious tape made by photographer, Nic (Famke Janssen).
Directed By: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Written By: Eitan Gorlin, Cuba Gooding Jr.
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 51 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Gravitas Ventures
- 1 h 51 m
Bayou Caviar
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Summary A Russian gangster (Richard Dreyfuss) engages Rodney (Cuba Gooding Jr.), a former boxer, to take down his associate’s son-in-law via a salacious tape made by photographer, Nic (Famke Janssen).
Directed By: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Written By: Eitan Gorlin, Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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25% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
36
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
75% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Like a boxer who doesn’t know when to quit, Bayou Caviar goes on a bit long, then rallies — in this case with an agreeably cynical closing image.
Gooding makes his directing debut with Bayou Caviar, a slow moving thriller as complex as Great Granny’s Jambalaya recipe. And in spite of that pacing, some stereotypical casting and a need to contort and drag out the finale, it makes for messy movie-watching fun.
This picture tries to encompass many ideas: about loyalty, the lust for fame and the slippery slope of immoral behavior. All of that is in the film. It just hasn’t been put in any particular order.
Gritty to the point of sleazy, the noir-tinged Bayou Caviar shows flashes of visual flair, and Gooding -- who wrote the screenplay in addition to directing and starring -- demonstrates he’s still got the sort of screen presence and million-dollar smile that made him a star some 27 years ago. Beyond that, however, Bayou Caviar is a thoroughly nasty and messily plotted affair, a straight-to-VOD crime drama that slips and slides around in its own ooze for at least 20 minutes too long.
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Production Company
Brittany House Pictures,
Quixotic Road,
Detente613,
Fireshoe Productions,
Major Motion Pictures Ltd.
Release Date Oct 5, 2018
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline A Man's Desires Never Tasted So Sweet...
