Joe (2013) (original) (raw)
Joe, a brooding ex-convict, meets and unexpectedly becomes friend and mentor to a 15-year-old drifter with an alcoholic, violent father. Before long, Joe is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
Joe, a brooding ex-convict, meets and unexpectedly becomes friend and mentor to a 15-year-old drifter with an alcoholic, violent father. Before long, Joe is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin. (less)
Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Gary Hawkins, Larry Brown
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Brian Mays
Producer: Lisa Muskat
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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 10, 2014
7 / 10
After realigning his cinematic chi with last year�s �Prince Avalanche,� director David Gordon Green returns to his filmmaking roots with �Joe,� which often plays like a sequel to his 2000 debut, �George Washington.� Poverty, alcoholism, and violence are the topics covered in this harrowing but intermittently ridiculous story, covered with habitual oddity by the helmer, who takes author Larry Brown�s novel and turns it into a circus of angry behavior and desperation, chasing whims whenever Gordon feels as though he can get away with it. It�s messy and crude, but �Joe� has meaning that breaks th ...read more...
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