The values of past and present collide in this beautifully shot, finely acted reexamination of the American Dream.
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06/13/07
Down in the Valley (2006)
52 %
Reviews Counted: 98 Fresh: 51 Rotten:47 Average Rating: 6/10
Consensus:
The premise of Old West clashing with modern suburbia is fresh and initially intriguing, but the second act degenerates into a clumsy jumble of events which strain credibility.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Theatrical Release: 26-05-2006
Synopsis: Director David Jacobsen's DOWN IN THE VALLEY plays like a romantic, operatic lament for the disappearing cinematic and real-life icon: the American cowboy. Many of the elements that would fuse, say, a classic John Wayne character are present in Edward Norton's (PRIMAL FEAR, 25TH HOUR)... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, David Morse
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06/03/06
An unusual, occasionally breathtaking but sinister tale of two star-crossed lovers where urban and rural America collide.
05/30/06
Top Critic
Agitated and painfully draggy, this hollow piece of contemporary psycho-trauma is what happens when everyone keeps banging on about how liberated and profound '70s filmmaking was.
05/26/06
Top Critic
It's easy to see what attracted Ed Norton to the project, because Harlan is a terrific part and Norton plays him brilliantly.
05/25/06
While it does feel somewhat stretched and overwrought, this is also a powerfully well-told story.
02/16/06
Jacobson examines the life and death of the western and its incompatibility with the youth of today ... a fascinating, yet slightly off-balance, mix of tribute and scrutiny.
09/18/07
A tale which, apart from its basic conceptual kinship to classic western films, is wholly original and deeply prescient about the darker shoals of human nature.
03/01/07
When the story disintegrates into the gunfight at the 'I'm-not-okay-corral', it totally loses anything it had going for it.
01/21/07
A cautionary tale about the dangers of casual sex, or even casual friendships with strangers.
01/19/07
Both actors work hard to give this disturbing crime story some flavor and substance, but the narrative is overextended and poorly organized.
12/18/06
The movie does not waste the performances, but the screenplay could have served them better.
09/25/06
...if you don't require moral instruction with your popcorn, it's probably as close as you're going to get to a John Ford Western this year.
07/07/06
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