Shotgun Stories

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jeffrey w @RT18790408 Jul 5, 2024 Everything in this movie seem to be done with how the remarkable "charm" of small town life can be for some. A father's choice to leave one set of boys, start another family, and end up have more boys comes to natural boiling point that his ex-wife bred it to be in the first set of sons when he passes and a feud ensues. The characters are well written and even more so crafted by the actors playing them. The story written and direction is the same and is not complicated with numerous unnecessary plot twists or burdened by the "list of things that could possibly happen" all wrapped up in one single movie but would never all happen to one group of people. The action is builds and flows so well to match the story and music score follows it well and matches it intensity. In the end you feel like you have lived with them and all you want to do is tell the first set to stop listening to Shampoo, but listen to me and when you have time to sit and watch a thinking movie choose this one. I have no idea how I missed this movie this long! See more georgan g @RT98616417 Jan 15, 2023 Brotherly jealousy is taken to the extreme. The bad seeds their parents planted grow to be 7 angry men. Rather a bland ending, but "happy." See more Sep 4, 2018 Slow as Molasses!!! Monotone the whole... damn... movie... See more Jun 20, 2017 It does have a very familiar plot, but I am a fan of Jeff Nichols' work, and this is overall a good film for this guy to start off with. See more Feb 17, 2017 The least explosive film you could get out of a title like Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols' subdued storytelling is really quite beautiful. It's a revenge film at its core, but much of the film is simply a quaint look at lives in blue collar America. It's lots of little conversations between trying to fix a beaten-down van or a game of basketball. Michael Shannon leads the film with a quiet intensity that, in a way, parallels this story. Directorial debuts don't get much better than this. See more Caz M @CazMartino Feb 12, 2017 this movie has a great message of how cause and effect can be endless unless you make the decision to remove yourself from it. Not the most entertaining movie though, you just see that principle well played out. See more Read all reviews

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