The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
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David LoweryWriter:
David Lowery
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rooney Mara | ... | Ruth Guthrie | |
| Casey Affleck | ... | Bob Muldoon | |
| Ben Foster | ... | Patrick Wheeler | |
| Keith Carradine | ... | Skerritt | |
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Kennadie Smith | ... | Sylvie Guthrie |
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Jacklynn Smith | ... | Sylvie Guthrie |
| Nate Parker | ... | Sweetie | |
| Robert Longstreet | ... | Cowboy Hat | |
| Charles Baker | ... | Bear | |
| Augustine Frizzell | ... | Sissy | |
| Kentucker Audley | ... | Freddy | |
| David Zellner | ... | Zellner | |
| Turner Ross | ... | T.C. | |
| Rami Malek | ... | Will | |
| Will Beinbrink | ... | Lt. Townes | |
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The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
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taking the blame for someone else | storytelling | directorial debut | fugitive | outlaw couple |Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
16 August 2013 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$26,419, 18 August 2013Gross USA:
$396,519Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,031,243Company Credits
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Performed by Curtis Heath
Written by Curtis Heath
Produced by Curtis Heath
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Casey Affleck has worked with director David Lowery in Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), A Ghost Story (2017), and The Old Man & the Gun (2018). See more »Goofs
When Bob is shot while in his parked truck, he stumbles out, leaving the driver side door open. While he returns fire and confronts his assailant, he bumps into the door, causing it to close. After killing assailant and turning to get back into truck, the door is open again. See more »Quotes
Bob Muldoon: [Voiceover of a letter he wrote] Dear Ruth, I dreamed about you again last night - I guess I dream about you every night, and most days, too. I hold your face in my mind; I put your voice together in my head. I think about your hair getting longer; think about your belly getting bigger. I hear people talk about regret, but I haven't got any. I don't think poorly on things that I have done - we did what we did and that is what we are. They're gonna cross out this sentence before you get to read ...See more »
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Ruth and Bob are a pair of criminal lovers with a baby on the way. After they find themselves in a shoot-out with the police, Bob faces a sever prison sentence. Unable to wait any longer, Bob breaks out of prison and heads across Texas to be re-united with his wife and meet his daughter.
The film starts out strong. Casey Affleck gives one of his best performances. Rooney Mara is a little better than she's been in the past. As the film begins, there is a sense the film is going to be part Coen Brothers, part Terrence Malick. But as the film progresses, it begins to go downhill, following a path too familiar. The most surprising part about the film is how stupid Casey Affleck's character, Bob, is. Instead of having any sympathy for him, we grow to dislike this character. Having a dislike or hate for a main character in a comedy can work but for a dead serious dramatic art film, it makes it even harder to watch. It's already a crime thriller without any thrills.
David Lowery is, like way too many other film festival award-winning filmmakers, greatly inspired by Terrence Malick. This is not such a bad thing, Malick is a master and we need more filmmakers like him. But when it's overly obvious the director is trying to be like Malick, it becomes a bad thing.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a film filled with beautiful images and music but it's story is unsuccessful in getting us to care about any of it's characters or any particular out-come of events. A story that makes us not care is a story questionable to bare through.