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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary Brad Lunders (P.J. Boudousqué) is a teenager forcefully abducted from his home in the middle of the night by his mother’s consent to a harsh wilderness reform facility. There is no contact with the outside world and the retired war colonel in charge prides himself on breaking an inmate’s spirit in order to correct delinquent behavior. As...

Directed By: Vincent Grashaw

Written By: Mark Penney, Vincent Grashaw

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m

Coldwater

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary Brad Lunders (P.J. Boudousqué) is a teenager forcefully abducted from his home in the middle of the night by his mother’s consent to a harsh wilderness reform facility. There is no contact with the outside world and the retired war colonel in charge prides himself on breaking an inmate’s spirit in order to correct delinquent behavior. As...

Directed By: Vincent Grashaw

Written By: Mark Penney, Vincent Grashaw

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
45
38% Positive
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23% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
45
38% Positive
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38% Mixed
5 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews

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Apr 30, 2018
Coldwater lives or dies by the dynamic between Boudousqué and Burns ebbing and flowing from nemeses to partners and back again as the latter begins to lose control.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 26, 2014
For a first time feature outing, Coldwater is a fine effort from Grashaw, and the setting feels fresh and new. It's an original take on a coming of age, young masculinity tale, but ultimately, it doesn't quite live up to all of its potential.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
67
Aug 16, 2014
The best thing about it is its star, P.J. Boudousqué, who locates a sense of terror and betrayal that the script lacks.
By Chris Nashawaty FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 15, 2014
The final act of Coldwater is horrendously misguided, the kind of insincere melodrama that erases the memory of what came before. It’s a particular shame because there’s an hour of decent filmmaking here.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 15, 2014
Boudousque is young yet, and so he has room to grow as an actor, but he's got nothing but upside to him at this point. It'll be fun to watch his career grow from here.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 14, 2014
Vincent Grashaw's film, although well-meaning (as a postscript reminds us), tries too hard, both in content and form.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
25
Aug 11, 2014
It comes as no surprise that writer-director Vincent Grashaw wrote the first draft of this movie soon after graduating high school.
By Elise Nakhnikian FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Flying Pig Productions, Skipping Stone Entertainment, Gare Farrand Entertainment, MooseBoy
Release Date Aug 15, 2014
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline We Will Re-Adjust You
Website http://www.facebook.com/coldwaterthemovie
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Awards

Las Vegas International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Boston Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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