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40
Viewer score based on 1 vote.

Critic Score

76
Critics' score based on 15 reviews.
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Slow moving and low budget treatment of revenge. Nothing new here to add to the subject.

April 23,2010
drarthurwells
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Critic Reviews

Here is a tense and sorrowful film where common sense struggles with blood lust.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

An understated gem. Writer-director Jeff Nichols, making his feature debut, has created a richly textured world.Full Review

Michael Ordona
Los Angeles Times

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.Full Review

Noel Murray
The Onion A.V. Club

The film is a here-and-now American potboiler and a stripped-down parable that can be appreciated by any culture.Full Review

The New York Times

The film is a here-and-now American potboiler and a stripped-down parable that can be appreciated by any culture.Full Review

Matt Zoller Seitz
The New York Times
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