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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Cranked Up Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Cranked Up Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Coyote Lake, inspired by the real life Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande along a dangerous drug smuggling route that has become synonymous with cartel violence and mysterious disappearances. It is there, on the lake, that Teresa and her seventeen-year-old daughter, Ester, run a boarding house where they routinely drug, rob an...

Directed By: Sara Seligman

Written By: Thomas James Bond, Sara Seligman

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Cranked Up Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Cranked Up Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Coyote Lake

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Summary Coyote Lake, inspired by the real life Falcon Lake, is a reservoir on the Rio Grande along a dangerous drug smuggling route that has become synonymous with cartel violence and mysterious disappearances. It is there, on the lake, that Teresa and her seventeen-year-old daughter, Ester, run a boarding house where they routinely drug, rob an...

Directed By: Sara Seligman

Written By: Thomas James Bond, Sara Seligman

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Jul 31, 2019
The exquisitely precise direction by Seligman (making an impressive debut here), the trim editing by Eric F. Martin, the gorgeous nighttime cinematography by Matthias Schubert – all contribute to an eerie otherworldliness in this beautifully executed opening sequence of Coyote Lake. As you witness it, you wonder: Is this a real place in a real time, or some metaphysical state of mind? The movie has barely begun, and you’re utterly intrigued.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
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Aug 1, 2019
The coming-of-age theme doesn't mesh entirely well with the more lurid elements, and Coyote Lake doesn't quite achieve the narrative tension sufficient to lift it above the story's slow spots. The film is carried along by the strength of Mendes' emotionally complex, restrained performance that makes clear that Ester is as much victim as accomplice.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 1, 2019
The setting and the characters are fairly unique. But they’re put to fairly mundane use, in service of a blah coming-of-age tale.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
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Aug 1, 2019
While the movie doesn’t work, it isn’t idiosyncratic enough even to hold attention as a misfired oddity.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Cranked Up Films, Van Johnson Company
Release Date Aug 2, 2019
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating TV-MA
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Website http://crankedupfilms.com/coyotelake
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