May 18, 2012
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Ed Harris,
Jennifer Connelly,
Emma Roberts,
Harrison Gilbertson,
Amy Madigan
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A single mother struggles to raise her son Emmett while dreaming of escaping her small Southern boardwalk town. Her long time affair with the very married, Mormon Sheriff Richard Tipton is thrown into... read more
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May 18, 2012
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
A bravely demented semi-autobiographical drama that never lives up to the potential of its high-powered cast. Full Review
May 17, 2012
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Set among the hangdog hicks and arcade attractions of a fictional Southern beach town, the loosely autobiographical movie aims for roller-coaster passion but only flatlines. Full Review
May 17, 2012
Stephen Holden, New York Times
There are so many moving parts spinning in so many directions that this movie's purpose is inscrutable and the noise of its grinding parts distracting. Full Review
May 17, 2012
Scott Tobias, NPR
The result here is the type of calamity that should be more compelling than it is. Full Review
May 17, 2012
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
The movie as a whole falls victim to a dewy kind of Tennessee Williams-itis... Full Review
May 17, 2012
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Plot twists strain believability. How could a 20-year affair between the town loon and the sheriff remain hidden from his wife in a tiny spot where gossip is a favourite sport? Full Review
May 15, 2012
Benjamin Mercer, Village Voice
The variously eccentric characters and their flat Americana-kitsch backdrop never really feel like they're part of the same movie... Full Review
September 14, 2010
Peter Debruge, Variety
A scattershot Southern melodrama that can't decide what it's supposed to be. Full Review
September 13, 2010
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Presumably a glib attack on sanctimonious small-town religious hypocrisy informed by Black's own strict Mormon upbringing, the film is tonally all over the place, eventually settling in a rut that com... Full Review
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