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Hands that Bind

  • 2021
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
31
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Hands that Bind (2021)
Drama

A hired hand plans to eventually take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowners son returns to claim his birthright.A hired hand plans to eventually take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowners son returns to claim his birthright.A hired hand plans to eventually take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowners son returns to claim his birthright.

  • Director
    • Kyle Armstrong
  • Writer
    • Kyle Armstrong
  • Stars
    • Bruce Dern
    • Paul Sparks
    • Landon Liboiron
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    31
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kyle Armstrong
    • Writer
      • Kyle Armstrong
    • Stars
      • Bruce Dern
      • Paul Sparks
      • Landon Liboiron
    • 2User reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Bruce Dern
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    Paul Sparks
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    • Andy Hollis
    Landon Liboiron
    Landon Liboiron
    • Dirk Longridge
    Nicholas Campbell
    Nicholas Campbell
    • Mac Longridge
    Susan Kent
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    • Susan Hollis
    Will Oldham
    Will Oldham
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    Scott Olynek
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    John Warkentin
    • Stan
    Brian Copping
    • Dale
    Geordie Cheeseman
    Geordie Cheeseman
    • Cowboy
    Ray Pearson
    Ray Pearson
    • John
    Lianna Makuch
    Lianna Makuch
    • Hailey
    Cristina Menz
    Cristina Menz
    Katrina Beatty
    • Trina Longridge
    Sandra Nicholls
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      • Kyle Armstrong
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    A Gripping Psychodrama, with Something Underneath...
    Armstrong's gone and made a *movie* movie, which happens to be Letterkenny as written by Philip K Dick. It's as scattershot and prone to whiplash as that comparison implies, but it is all bound by Armstrong's intense commitment to his deeply felt anxieties and singularly honed visual sense, as well as incredibly sensitive performances all around from an exceptionally chosen cast (all anchored by Paul Sparks' fierce and nuanced central depiction of repression and paranoia). The film succeeds as an exceptional character portrait of a man trapped in the ideals of a bygone era, with evocative techniques ranging from abstracted genre iconography to visual metaphors to communicate this struggle in a way that is truly invigorating to witness.

    It continues in the vein of Armstrong's prior feature in emphasizing emotional sense over the tenets of a conventional narrative, but for conscious viewers in search of something authentically fresh with earned emotional resonance, I implore that this is a film not to be missed.
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      • September 10, 2021 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
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      1 hour 56 minutes
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