Hick (2011)

A Nebraska teen gets more than she bargained for when she sets out for the bright lights of Las Vegas.

Director:

Derick Martini

Writers:

Andrea Portes (screenplay), Andrea Portes (novel)

Stars:

Chloë Grace Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Luli
Christopher Coakley	...	Kid #1
Kelsey Walston	...	Kid #2
Anson Mount	...	Nick
Juliette Lewis	...	Tammy
Tim Parati	...	Male Barfly
Robert Baker	...	Ray
Bob Stephenson	...	Lux (as Robert J. Stephenson)
Eddie Redmayne	...	Eddie
Blake Lively	...	Glenda
Leon Lamar	...	Clerk
Jonathan Cornick	...	Cop #2 (as Jon Cornick)
Brian Avery Galligan	...	EMT
Shaun Sipos	...	Blane
Dartanian Sloan	...	Angel

Storyline

A young teenage girl escapes her life in Nebraska and her alcoholic parents, taking a pistol along for the ride. Along the way she meets Glenda, who takes her under her wing.

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Plot Keywords:

sex comedy | girls with guns | nebraska | pistol | alcoholic | 

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Taglines:

Trouble travels together

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing content involving a teen, violence, drug use, language and drinking

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chloe Grace was 13 while filming this movie

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Quotes

[first lines]
Male student: [walking past her] Bar baby!
Female student: Yeah, I heard she was born in a bar.
Luli McMullen: [narrating] You could shake your knuckles at the sky. You could get mad and say, "I don't got nothing." You could get stuck.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Soundtracks

Paper Doll
Written by Johnny Black
Performed by The Mills Brothers
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprise

User Reviews

Great cast, hard to ignore

A gritty and hard nosed coming of age story, this great little film has Hit Girl (Moretz) branching out into new territory, namely, something meaningful. It is not unusual growing up to hit a point when we think we know everything and have it all figured out. Usually, that's the point we look back on later and realize we knew nothing at all. Luli starts out naive, but not realizing it. She thinks she is all grown up, to the point of flaunting some sexuality. She finishes a lot wiser, having had some hard lessons. Baldwin has a nice turn, a bit more than a cameo, but he does a lot with a little. It's the script that really works, though. Nicely paced, written and thought out, it puts it all together.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hick

Filming Locations:

Reidsville, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stone River Productions, Lighthouse Entertainment, Taylor Lane Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1