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- 2016
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 2016
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
Summary When Owen (Adrian Grenier) is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel (Angela Trimbur), become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit and murder.
Directed By: Richard Bates Jr.
Written By: Richard Bates Jr.
- 2016
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 2016
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
Trash Fire
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5.4
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Summary When Owen (Adrian Grenier) is forced to confront the past he's been running from his whole adult life, he and his girlfriend, Isabel (Angela Trimbur), become entangled in a horrifying web of lies, deceit and murder.
Directed By: Richard Bates Jr.
Written By: Richard Bates Jr.
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
20% Negative
2 Reviews
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Trash Fire blazes with pitch-black wit and a dark, volatile story of redemption so good you'll be laughing your way straight to Hell.
Some of it is tonally inconsistent and the end feels rushed, but strong performances, especially from the great Fionnula Flanagan, along with Bates’ unique voice keep it engaging.
Bates (Suburban Gothic) plays with horror tropes, juggling black comedy and suspense in scenes that tease a gory release but ultimately only emphasize how much members of the creative class can underestimate their backward kin.
Neither Bates Jr.’s assured direction nor the strength of the performances can salvage the narrative, which feels overly convoluted and spackled far too much finery.
The performers are mostly out to sea without a paddle trying to make sense of hateful characters, but Trimbur at least shows some comic spark and strikes a few sympathetic notes.
Flaming out from the get-go, Trash Fire represents another soggy batch of Southern Gothic horror-comedy from writer-director Richard Bates Jr. that spews out pitch black smoke with little combustible substance.
I didn’t think I had see a worse fiction film this year than that other failed American Guignol, “Clown.” I may have been wrong.
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Production Company
Circle of Confusion,
Snowfort Pictures
Release Date Nov 3, 2016
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
Tagline A film by Richard Bates, Jr.
Awards
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Nominations
Boston Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
