Directed by:
David LoweryScreenplay:
David LoweryCinematography:
Bradford YoungComposer:
Daniel HartCast:
Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Keith Carradine, Nate Parker, Charles Baker, Heather Kafka, Robert Longstreet, Kentucker Audley (more)VOD (1)
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Set in 1970's small town Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara are Ruth Guthrie and Bob Muldoon soul-mates and criminal lovers whom prison couldn't keep apart. Bob has just escaped jail so he can re-unite with Ruth and the baby he has never met. Years before he took the wrap when she accidently shot local sheriff Patrick Wheeler in a heist gone wrong. Now the sheriff is back on the scene with a hidden agenda of his own and the two doomed lovers are about to discover romance and danger are blood kin... and the past always catches up with you. Laced with a foreboding sense of menace and an earthy sensuality Writer-Director David Lowery has crafted a beautiful elegy to Terrence Malick's legendary 1970's films Badlands and Days of Heaven. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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The big screen helped it, but I was nodding regardless. The comparisons with Malick are unfortunately true. Beautiful images, slow pace and excessively long. The director is talented, but his movie didn’t lift me off the seat. The actors are good.
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This is exactly the kind of film you have to be in the mood for. Just like Cormac McCarthy's books. However, it is questionable whether there is a better way to enjoy such a slow film in a comfortable theater. This is because the great actors in such a simple story will have an even harder time when they’re being watched from the comfort of home, and that is a bit unfair of the director.
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I could simply just listen to Keith Carradine because that guy has an absolutely fantastic voice. On the other hand, it would be nice if I could listen to him in something worthwhile. The film Ain't Them Bodies Saints aims to be artistic, as has been mentioned several times; it follows in the footsteps of Malick and stays on a single level where there are essentially no twists. With all due respect, I couldn’t care less about this. If someone likes it, that’s fine, but for me, these are just empty films that use "artistry" to hide the fact that they lack substance.
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