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06/24/06
Daltry Calhoun (2005)
4 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 1 Rotten:26 Average Rating: 3.5/10
Consensus:
Watching grass grow would likely be more entertaining than this dull, slight feature about a sod salesman.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Synopsis: From executive producer Quentin Tarantino comes Johnny Knoxville as Daltry Calhoun. Daltry is the go to guy, the man with a plan. A man who's life, and failing grass seed empire, takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of a young daughter he never knew. With his life thrown into complete... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Sophie Traub, Elizabeth Banks, Juliette Lewis, Beth Grant
Director: Katrina Bronson
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08/16/07
It'd be nice if Tarantino would go back to making his own films (which are usually pretty doggoned good) rather than helping out young filmmakers to produce garbage.
02/19/06
For all its good intentions, Daltry Calhoun is a predictable, derivative film.
02/05/06
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12/06/05
Top Critic
Southern whimsy, when handled delicately, can produce a precious jewel a la Junebug. In less skillful hands, it can be merely precious.
11/04/05
Contains a couple of lovely scenes that are all but smothered by a shambling mess of self-conscious eccentricity.
11/04/05
Knoxville tries hard and exudes a certain likability, but can't really handle big dramatic moments at this point in his career.
11/04/05
Although the film starts off somewhat amusingly, the first-time feature director Katrina Holden Bronson seems to have spent more energy assembling the overbearing soundtrack than expanding on her characters' fractured relationships.
11/03/05
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Anyone looking for a paean to the unnatural allure of a sprinklered lawn can see that the grass is greener in Blue Velvet.
11/01/05
Unusual and in places refreshing, Daltry Calhoun is a good natured independent comedy drama independent film fans will endorse.
10/22/05
It seems everyone involved meant well, but this one moves like an empty boat in a pond.
10/06/05
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Boasts Quentin Tarantino as co-executive producer but falls about as far from that particular tree as one can imagine.
10/01/05
The old 'Bachelor Father' formula is resurrected with a killer dose of whimsy in this pointedly quirky, almost unbearably dilatory feature.
09/28/05
Newcomer Sophie Traub is a natural charmer who hovers above the confusion like an angel even as her co-stars are sucked into the muck.
09/26/05
It's a fantasy of a Southern town without minorities or economic difficulties where all the white folks support each other and speak with clear, but variable drawls. Oye.
09/26/05
Johnny Knoxville is moving on up from being a simple Duke of Hazzard to Tennessee's King of Sod. Too bad the royal promotion didn't come with a quality upgrade as well.
09/23/05
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