2014 · drama
Joe
Directed by David Gordon Green1h 58m2014
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Our read: Joe (2014) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
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“You want raw Texas poverty drama with Nicolas Cage's roughest tender-guardian turn.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if child abuse, meth-country misery, or a brutal final hour will gut you.
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