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- 2020
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 25 m
- 2020
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 25 m
Summary A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
Directed By: Matthew Pope
Written By: Don M. Thompson, Matthew Pope
- 2020
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 25 m
- 2020
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 25 m
Blood on Her Name
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7.5
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Summary A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
Directed By: Matthew Pope
Written By: Don M. Thompson, Matthew Pope
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
63
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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A film that remains relentlessly absorbing for all of its compact 83-minute length largely because it places its audience in the position of helpless witnesses to a slow-motion trainwreck.
Matthew Pope country-fries gutter luck, sizzles up a healthy portion of stand-off tension, and serves one nasty slice of homestyle revenge. Maybe too bleak for some, but sorry. Life isn’t all rainbows and Skittles. Kudos to the filmmakers who don’t shy away from the lows we’re forced to stomach and those failed in the process.
This is “Southern Gothic” that lives up to its name.
An injection of self-aware humor here and there would’ve been welcome. Yet Blood on Her Name is a fine showcase for its star, and a sturdy debut from a director to watch.
Blood on Her Name runs out of juicy “So now what’s” by its final stretch. But Lind is terrific throughout; and it’s a welcome change-of-pace to see a story about lawbreakers where no one involved is any kind of psychopath or super-crook. They’re all just plain folks, leading ordinary lives … and making terrible mistakes.
A lot happens during the course of director Matthew Pope and co-writer Don M. Thompson’s Blood on Her Name … too much. This can prove problematic for what starts as a simple plot before things start turning convoluted real quick thanks to new revelations shedding light upon secrets and lies. Surprisingly, however, that perpetually escalating noise is justified.
Allowing the viewer to piece things together on their own is always welcome, but the film’s desire to surprise and outwit makes it contrived.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.5
83% Positive
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17% Mixed
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