Credited cast: | |||
Val Kilmer | ... | Warren Bloodworth | |
Kris Kristofferson | ... | E. F. Bloodworth | |
Hilary Duff | ... | Raven Lee Halfacre | |
Reece Thompson | ... | Fleming Bloodworth | |
Dwight Yoakam | ... | Boyd Bloodworth | |
Frances Conroy | ... | Julia Bloodworth | |
W. Earl Brown | ... | Brady Bloodworth | |
Hilarie Burton | ... | Hazel | |
Sheila Kelley | ... | Louise Halfacre | |
Barry Corbin | ... | Itchy | |
Brent Briscoe | ... | Coble | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Ben Acland | ... | Clerk |
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Bear Adkisson | ... | Colt |
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Robert Beck | ... | The Professor |
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Jill Chapman | ... | Young Julia |
E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic, Boyd is driven by jealousy to hunt down his wife and her lover, and Brady puts hexes on his enemies from his mamma's porch. Only Fleming, the old man's grandson, treats him with the respect his age commands, and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a man's soul. It is ultimately the love of Raven Lee, a sloe-eyed beauty from another town, that gives Fleming the courage to reject this family curse. Written by Anonymous
I rented this at Redbox after seeing the 7.2 IMDb rating. I forgot to check the number of IMDb votes. With only 300+ votes, it's obvious that many of the reviewers worked on the movie or were related to the cast and crew. Their praise was the praise of a parent for a dearly loved, but completely ungifted, child. This movie basically stank. It has some big name actors and it appears to have been made with a reasonable budget, but the general acting, directing, and storyline were BAD, BAD, BAD. Did you see Winter's Bone? If so, Winter's Bone probably inspired this movie, but the inspiration was drowned by a lack of writing, acting, and directing talent. My general rule of thumb is that you can ignore an IMDb rating until you have over 1,000 votes. The first few hundred votes are anything but unbiased. I forgot to check the number of votes and wasted $1 on another Redbox stinker.