Shotgun Stories Critic Reviews

Here is a tense and sorrowful film where common sense struggles with blood lust.Read the full review

An understated gem. Writer-director Jeff Nichols, making his feature debut, has created a richly textured world.Read the full review

Well-plotted, with a strong lead performance by Michael Shannon, and a fair amount of authentic regional flavor. It isn't really meant to be a treatise on Southern life. At heart, it's a country-fried genre film, minus the peppery white gravy.Read the full review

The film is a here-and-now American potboiler and a stripped-down parable that can be appreciated by any culture.Read the full review

An austere rural landscape, festering hatred, class tensions, terse dialogue - these are common currency in indie movies these days. Shotgun Stories uses them all, but manages to stand out from the crowd.Read the full review