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IMDb rating 6.6
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Critic rating 7.7

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

What the movie leaves us with are theological questions. Are the sins of the father visited on the son?

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Critic Damon Wise
rated 8

If you thought William Hurt was good in A History Of Violence, wait and see what he does here. Initially a threatening presence, he comes to represent a man who’s trying to be good, even when the cards are stacked against him.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Just when we thought it was impossible to say something new about Elvis Presley, documentary film-maker Eugene Jarecki pulls it off, simply by taking Elvis’s old Rolls-Royce on a road trip all over the US...

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Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 7

...et sært, foruroligende, lidt ubehageligt men konstant fascinerende drama om ikke blot at have overfladen i orden, men også at finde ned til de vigtige ting...

Read full review at Cinemazone

Cast & Crew

James Marsh
Director
James Marsh
Writer
William Hurt
As David
Paul Dano
As Paul
Laura Harring
As Twyla
Marco Perella
As Chairman

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