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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 53 m

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 fr...

Directed By: Steven Piet

Written By: Erik Crary, Steven Piet

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 53 m

Uncle John

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
56
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.7
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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 fr...

Directed By: Steven Piet

Written By: Erik Crary, Steven Piet

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
56
60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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20% Mixed
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20% Negative
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90
Sep 17, 2015
It’s tantalizing, sublimely creepy stuff that keeps you guessing even after the credits roll.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Chuck Wilson FULL REVIEW
63
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.
By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW
50
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.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
30
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.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.7
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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86% Positive
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0% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Release Date Sep 18, 2015
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.unclejohnfilm.com/
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Awards

Midwest Independent Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Hell's Half Mile Film and Music Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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