
Rating: 5.5 stars
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Seen on: 10/27/2011
Most recently watched by sensoria, jenerator, noahphex
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
Rated R | Length 88 minutes
John Goodman | Michael Parks | Deborah Aquila | Melissa Leo | Kevin Pollak | Michael Angarano | Stephen Root | Jennifer Schwalbach Smith | Marc Blucas | Patrick Fischler | Molly Hagan | Kerry Bishé | Kyle Gallner | Ralph Garman | Haley Ramm | Nicholas Braun | James Parks | Damian Young | Kevin Alejandro | Anna Gunn | Betty Aberlin | Joey Figueroa | Alexa Nikolas | Cooper Thornton | David Marciano | Matt Jones | Ronnie Connell | Alyssa Petersen | Elizabeth Tripp | John Lacy | Molly Livingston | Catherine McCord | Kaylee DeFer | Rose Colasanti | Bill Cleavelin | Scott Nifong | Carryl Lynn | Sadey Paige Nifong | Gary Sievers
I’m not sure why or how this movie is getting billed as a horror movie. The cut I saw on NWI is definitely not horror.
I’m not a Kevin Smith hater, or apologist. I like his good movies and hate his bad ones. I don’t particularly care if he has anal sex with his wife or sits around and gets high all day. I don’t care how much he loves or hates hockey. Which is to say, I’m judging this movie on its merits.
Red State features some truly outstanding acting, with Michael Parks’ performance being the most outstanding (Melissa Leo also turns in another strong performance). There are also some great, great scenes in this movie. There’s a lot to like here, in pieces. However, the film as a whole just falls flat for me. I really disliked the ending and wasn’t particularly impressed with John Goodman’s character’s moral dilemmas, which really undercut the film a lot for me.
The film builds up well enough and manages to mostly, though unevenly, carry itself well through about two thirds of the running time, then just kind of peters off into nothingness.
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