Shotgun Stories
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Plot Summary
Set in southeast Arkansas, this cautionary indie tale and award-winning first feature from director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) tracks a blood feud that erupts when two sets of half-brothers come to blows at their father's funeral. The first-born siblings dubbed Boy, Son and Kid -- impersonal monikers that embody their father's indifference toward them -- explode in anger upon meeting their counterparts, who have real names and reaped the rewards of their father's later success.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
91%- Reviews Counted: 44
- Fresh: 40
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 7.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Shotgun Stories defines the classic western phrase 'doing what a man's got to do' as both a moral imperative and a biological compulsion.
Fresh: A precisely modulated yet cumulatively forceful story of a rural family feud turned deadly.
Fresh: Shotgun Stories is a cautionary tale about revenge, but more than that, it is a beautiful, authentic-feeling portrait of a family and a place.
Fresh: Director Jeff Nichols lets the action unfold slowly following an impromptu insult, but the escalation of hatred and pain feels natural.
Customer Reviews
Independent Gem
Great movie, we can see how talented is Jeff Nichols....Now I understand why we call him the new Terrence Malick!!!
A must see movie if you are a film buff
Great American Movie!
This is the first film by Jeff Nichols, the director of Take Shelter but also of Mud with Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon I had the chance to see in Cannes this year :-) The Rotten Tomatoes ratings say it all, this is the major work of a major American talent and with the always amazing Michael Shannon in the lead this is simply a film I had to OWN. This director is Academy Award-bound!
Napoleon Dynamite, but totally unfunny.
Yup, dumb people do dumb things sure 'nuff. And if u need a movie to learn yerself that bit o' wisdom, then this is perfect for u.
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