Escalating southern drama
Terrific storytelling pervades this simple, taut, but ever-escalating Southern drama about two boys (including Oscar worthy Tye Sheridan) who help a mysterious drifter (Matthew McConaughey). Rated PG-13 for language (by one of the boys especially), violence, sexual references and smoking.
Grade: B+
Bruce Bennett Short Bio
Bruce Bennett has been the primary contributor to Mad About Movies since it began in 2003. He is an award winning film and theater critic who, since 2000, has been writing a weekly column in The Spectrum daily newspaper in southern Utah as well as serving as a contributing editor of “The Independent,” a monthly entertainment magazine. He is also the co-host of “Film Fanatics” a movie review show which earned a Telly in 2009. Bruce is also a featured contributor at: RottenTomatoes.com
His motto: "I see bad movies so you don't have to."