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Based on the acclaimed Cormac McCarthy novel, director James Franco’s CHILD OF GOD follows Lester Ballard, a dispossessed, violent man in 1960s Tennessee. Deprived of family and home, Ballard collapses into a life of crime and degradation.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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37%- Reviews Counted: 46
- Fresh: 17
- Rotten: 29
- Average Rating: 4.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Make no mistake: There is nothing pleasant about "Child of God," James Franco's very fine adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's short, pitiless novel.
Rotten: This wrong-headed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's taut 1973 novel, as interpreted by director James Franco, spends too much time trying to create an element of compassion for this devilishly aberrant killer.
Rotten: There's no denying Franco's ambition, and in "Child of God" you can see evidence (almost for the first time) that he's reaching for something he may one day attain.
Rotten: Child of God is brazenly, outstandingly bad, as vague, pretentious, and pointless as its sorry title.
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