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  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 2 m
  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 2 m

Summary Every summer, Jon gathers ten friends together in his adopted city of Los Angeles to play the Turkey Bowl—bringing a piece of small-town tradition to the urban sprawl—all for the beloved prize for the winning team… a turkey. Friendships flare and fade, jealousy is met with both laughter and pain, old and unrequited love threatens to rema...

Directed By: Kyle Smith

Written By: Kyle Smith

  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 2 m
  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 2 m

Turkey Bowl

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Every summer, Jon gathers ten friends together in his adopted city of Los Angeles to play the Turkey Bowl—bringing a piece of small-town tradition to the urban sprawl—all for the beloved prize for the winning team… a turkey. Friendships flare and fade, jealousy is met with both laughter and pain, old and unrequited love threatens to rema...

Directed By: Kyle Smith

Written By: Kyle Smith

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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Mixed
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75
Jun 1, 2011
Well acted and wise enough to not excessively linger in its atmosphere of genial camaraderie and underlying regret and nostalgia, Turkey Bowl accomplishes its small-scale goals with aplomb.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
70
May 31, 2011
The director and his actors successfully sell the notion that these are real people whose lives and relationships will continue off the field - and that's more than enough.
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60
Jun 2, 2011
A quirky offering by Kyle Smith that does nothing more or less than show a touch-football game among friends. "It's sort of interesting," you might find yourself saying, "but is it a film?"
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 3, 2011
This ongoing improvisation, along with the completed passes and resulting chest-bumping celebrations or recriminations, serves to define these otherwise "ordinary" ciphers and lend shape and momentum to an otherwise plotless movie.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
40
May 31, 2011
A favorite at this year's SXSW, Kyle Smith's real-time look at curdled relationships is a modest take on indie psychodramatics - and little else.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Jun 3, 2011
Duration 1 h 2 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Tagline Ten friends. One game. Two-hand touch.
Website http://www.turkeybowl2011.com/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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