Uncle John

Name: Uncle John
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime
Released: September 18, 2015
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 56

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FilmBuff | Release Date: September 18, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: John (John Ashton) is a kindly, well-liked old man in a small rural town. John has just killed a man named Dutch. Dutch had done a lot of bad things to a lot of nice people. Nobody in town would think to implicate John - nobody but Danny (Ronnie Gene Blevins), Dutch's violent drunk of a brother. John's nephew Ben (Alex Moffat) arrives fromJohn (John Ashton) is a kindly, well-liked old man in a small rural town. John has just killed a man named Dutch. Dutch had done a lot of bad things to a lot of nice people. Nobody in town would think to implicate John - nobody but Danny (Ronnie Gene Blevins), Dutch's violent drunk of a brother. John's nephew Ben (Alex Moffat) arrives from Chicago on an impromptu trip to his hometown as his uncle struggles to evade Danny's growing suspicions and looming threats.… Expand

Director: Steven Piet

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 113 min

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Neil Genzlinger

Sep 17, 2015

It’s tantalizing, sublimely creepy stuff that keeps you guessing even after the credits roll. Read full review

Chuck Wilson

Sep 17, 2015

Thanks to Ashton's brilliant, career-defining performance, we're made to see that the only thing worse than doing evil deeds is being nice enough to feel guilty about them. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Sep 24, 2015

A fair amount of Uncle John puts us behind the wheel or alongside Ashton as he drives, preoccupied with his misdeeds, along country roads lined with cornfields. No dialogue needed; in these transitions, Ashton and his surroundings are enough. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Sep 17, 2015

While both plots work reasonably well separately, they're unnecessarily padded and don't tie together strongly. As a result, the film doesn't achieve its goal of its sum being bigger than its parts. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Sep 17, 2015

Perhaps the vapid existence of millennials is precisely the point that co-writers Erik Crary and Steven Piet (who also directs) are driving at, but the film itself proves inarticulate and unsubstantial. Read full review

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toastedalmond

Sep 23, 2015

Pleasantly surprised. Something different.

I watch too many movies and this one was refreshing for the flawlessly real performances, the extreme plausibility, and the breakage from the mold of common movies. The characters and situations were easy to identify with. When I read thePleasantly surprised. Something different.

I watch too many movies and this one was refreshing for the flawlessly real performances, the extreme plausibility, and the breakage from the mold of common movies. The characters and situations were easy to identify with. When I read the negative reviews it makes me think the critics have some baseline formula for how movies are supposed to proceed and judge a movie for deviating from the prescription. I greatly appreciate how the story lines tied to together without colliding as almost any other American movie would have--with a big exciting action packed finish that would leave us mildly satisfied. I thank the makers of this movie for doing something uncommon and surprising me.

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