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- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinelicious Pics
- 1 h 18 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinelicious Pics
- 1 h 18 m
Summary Jeremiah (Robert Longstreet) hires Akin (Joe Swanberg) to work on his Kentucky farm for the summer, but Akin's attraction to Jeremiah's young daughter, Samantha (Sophie Traub), leads to violence.
Directed By: Josephine Decker
Written By: David Barker, Josephine Decker
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinelicious Pics
- 1 h 18 m
- 2014
- Not Rated
- Cinelicious Pics
- 1 h 18 m
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
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Summary Jeremiah (Robert Longstreet) hires Akin (Joe Swanberg) to work on his Kentucky farm for the summer, but Akin's attraction to Jeremiah's young daughter, Samantha (Sophie Traub), leads to violence.
Directed By: Josephine Decker
Written By: David Barker, Josephine Decker
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
66
50% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Our glimpses of what's already occurred and what will soon come are vivid and impressionistic, prophetic warnings about which everyone seems powerless to do anything other than silently observe.
Decker's narrative work practically celebrates a willingness to follow outright silly pathways in order to arrive at unsettling results.
This is a confident work that smashingly updates the Southern gothic for contemporary generations.
Shot in a woozy handheld style and laced with fussy visual affectations, the story mixes ripe sensuality with brooding menace in a tranquil pastoral setting. It’s not uninteresting but too self-consciously arty to rank Decker as a mature filmmaking voice.
Alluring and captivating, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely can’t ultimately overcome its undeveloped arty tendencies, but its hazy exploration of dread and desire is still unique enough to make an impression.
The setup’s clichés grow harder to ignore, despite a welcome mischievous streak and some bucolic imagery.
Though Decker pumped up the salaciousness for the ultimately icky Mild, its connections run shallow, and most of its action—particularly in the over-the-top third act—feels spectacularly unearned.
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Production Company
Third Room Productions,
Artless Media,
Truckstop Media
Release Date Nov 14, 2014
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Everything else was a surprise
Awards
Sarasota Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Hong Kong International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Memphis Indie Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
