Explicit Ills
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- Synopsis
- The beauty of hope and the power of unity form the foundation of this tale of youthful love, drugs, and poverty in the City of Brotherly Love. Seven-year-old Babo suffers from asthma, and lives with his mother in a dangerous section of North Philly....
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- Director(s)
- Mark Webber
- Distributor(s)
- Peace Arch Ent.
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 87 min.
Critic Reviews
Webber's way with his young cast is as unforced as the movie itself, which easily could have been overwrought and maudlin but is instead oddly affirming.Read the full review
Webber has a knack for bringing out actors at their showiest, but he palms off too much first-draft sketchiness as ''ambiguity.''Read the full review
It's a beautiful message: surely there's no arguing with "Hey, hey, ho, ho, poverty has got to go!" But there is much to argue with, and much to regret, about a film whose director thinks he needs to drop an anvil on our heads when art would suffice.Read the full review
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Capone chats with Rosario Dawson about EXPLICIT ILLS, the state of the Union, and Zombie's EL SUPERBEASTO!!!
08/02/09 Earlier this year, a really great little movie came out in limited release called EXPLICT ILLS, written and directed by actor Mark Webber and starring Rosario Dawson. | Ain't It Cool News -
‘Explicit Ills’ Uses Page From ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Casting Playbook
03/20/09 Back in the U.S., actor-turned-director Mark Webber pulled a similar card during casting for his new Philadelphia-set film "Explicit Ills," which recently premiered in New York City. "While I was really grateful to have experienced actors like Paul [Dano] and Rosario [Dawson] and Naomi Harris, I really spent a lot of time working with the children in the film to directing them and working the scenes, giving them pointers on acting in general," Webber told MTV News. "It's really intense." | MTV Movies Blog -
Capone chats with actor Mark Webber, director of EXPLICIT ILLS and co-star in SCOTT PILGRIM!!!
03/15/09 Capone in Austin here, just polishing off a few interviews I did prior to heading down to SXSW Film Festival. | Ain't It Cool News -
Short Takes: 'Tokyo,' 'Explicit Ills' ...
03/05/09 Three directors share short films set in the same city. | New York Daily News - New York NY -
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03/05/09 Jim Jarmusch serves as executive producer for this drama that marks the directorial debut of actor Mark Webber (The Hottest State). | Rotten Tomatoes