Bloodworth (2010)

A man who left home 40 years earlier to become a country singer returns home to the tattered remains of his broken family and a grandson who is desperately trying to escape the family curse.

Director:

Shane Dax Taylor

Writers:

W. Earl Brown (screenplay), William Gay (novel)

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Kris Kristofferson, Hilary Duff

1 nomination.

Cast

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:
Ben Acland	...	Clerk
Bear Adkisson	...	Colt
Robert Beck	...	The Professor
Jill Chapman	...	Young Julia

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

tennessee | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violence and drug content

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second time Hilarie Burton and Barry Corbin have worked together. The first time being One Tree Hill (2003).

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Quotes

Julia Bloodworth: If sense was gunpowder, every one of you men together wouldn't have enough to load a round of birdshot.

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Soundtracks

Come On Funny Feelin'
Written and Performed by Rodney Crowell

User Reviews

Big Disappointment

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.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 May 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bloodworth

Filming Locations:

North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,612, 22 May 2011

Gross USA:

$12,971

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,971

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dax Productions, Racer Entertainment, Buffalo Bulldog Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1