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Don't Come Knocking

2006

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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Ratings

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Movie Details & Credits

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: March 17, 2006 | R

Starring: Sam Shepard, Tim Roth

Summary: A dark drama about an aging movie star who sets off on road trip that leads to a complicated family reunion.

Director: Wim Wenders

Genre(s): Drama, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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88

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Beautifully shot in rich colors by Franz Lustig, it's possibly Wenders' most accessible film to date, and among his most emotionally satisfying. Read full review

75

Entertainment Weekly

Owen Gleiberman

Shepard's charisma has always reached back to an earlier time, so it's easy to accept him as a kind of pre-counterculture hero - Eastwood without the sneer - who aged into the era of tabloid scandal. Read full review

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The New York Times

Stephen Holden

Filled with haunting visual panoramas. One of the most resonant is a nighttime shot of the Elko skyline dominated by a glittering casino. Evoking a once and future gold rush, it says more about the Old West and the New West than all of Mr. Shepard's elliptical, stagy dialogue can muster. Such powerful images make Don't Come Knocking well worth contemplating. Read full review

60

Variety

Todd McCarthy

Strikes some resonant chords but also hits notes that simply don't ring true and are borderline risible at times Read full review

50

Chicago Reader

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The theatrical monologues come close to defeating him (Wenders), and only Jessica Lange, as one of Shepard's abandoned girlfriends, manages to avoid cliche. Read full review

50

Film Threat

Matthew Sorrento

The narrative that unfolds in the wake of Spence's journey recalls "Paris" but walks too heavy for a character study to gel. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle

Ruthe Stein

Pretentious drama. Read full review

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9

Dextly

Apr 30, 2006

Iconic characters and landscapes, and yet the best I can say about this movie is that it is fun. Is that all Wenders and Shepard set out to do? I wouldn't put it past them.

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JayS.

May 4, 2006

A beautiful mess, but beautiful all the same. This movie is to be enjoyed for its visual imagery and rich striking colors. All dialogue, ALL, could be removed and the story would be stronger, more intense, and make more sense. Obsessing about minor logic details while lovely visual A beautiful mess, but beautiful all the same. This movie is to be enjoyed for its visual imagery and rich striking colors. All dialogue, ALL, could be removed and the story would be stronger, more intense, and make more sense. Obsessing about minor logic details while lovely visual panoramas are on screen will not help the moviegoer in understanding or enjoying this movie.… Expand

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K.E.

Sep 22, 2006

Sweet and powerful have you ever wondered about your father? Do we all live with the parents we wish we knew?

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Brutus

May 11, 2006

Pretty much another Wim Wenders movie. Slyly funny, implying more artistic content than probably exists, beautifully shot, mixing up any number of American shibboleths and with lots of obtuse reflections on the decline of civilisation as Wim never knew it in the first place. Not as good as Pretty much another Wim Wenders movie. Slyly funny, implying more artistic content than probably exists, beautifully shot, mixing up any number of American shibboleths and with lots of obtuse reflections on the decline of civilisation as Wim never knew it in the first place. Not as good as The American Friend or Kings of the Road or Hammett, about as good as Paris Texas, and better than Until the End of The World. Nice soundtrack.… Expand

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RitB.

Apr 3, 2006

If you have a chance to see "Don't Come Knocking" --- don't bother. As my wife said after the movie: 'That sucked.' When I asked her to be more specific she replied: 'That really, really sucked.' There were so many illogical aspects to the story -- it bordered If you have a chance to see "Don't Come Knocking" --- don't bother. As my wife said after the movie: 'That sucked.' When I asked her to be more specific she replied: 'That really, really sucked.' There were so many illogical aspects to the story -- it bordered on ridiculous and made the movie too unbelievable to take seriously. [***SPOILERS***] An aging Western movie star, who spent most of his career boozing and womanizing, suddenly wants to find meaning in his life so he rides off into the sunset - literally. He comes across some old geezer and he exchanges clothes with him and even gives the old guy his boots and his horse. He asks where the nearest railroad is located and then he hikes barefoot to it (yeah, that makes sense -- I know I don't like to be encumbered with a horse and footwear when I go on a long trek). He contacts his mother (Eva Marie Saint) for the first time in 30 years. He finds out that a woman called his mother years ago trying to locate him to tell him she gave birth to his child. This woman obviously didn't read newspapers or watch movies because this guy was in Hollywood making movies and living a lifestyle that filled the newspapers with stories of his outrageous behavior. So our cowboy goes on a quest to track down this woman. I won't bore you with the details because it might put you to sleep. Suffice it to say, the movie started off slow and then lost speed until it ran out of gas about half way through. Boring and dumb -- avoid.… Expand

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