The movie has its flaws, but they are few and forgivable.
Daltry Calhoun
2005 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Katrina Holden Bronson
Overview
In small town Tennessee, a ne'er-do-well man (Knoxville) wrestling for control over his fading golf club is reunited with his estranged daughter, a 14-year-old musical prodigy.
Director and cast
- Katrina Holden Bronson Director
- Johnny Knoxville as Daltry Calhoun
- Elizabeth Banks as May
- Juliette Lewis as Flora
- David Koechner as Doyle Earl
- Kick Gurry as Frankie
- Lawrence Bull Jr. as Repo Man #2
- Beth Grant as Ciotka Dee
- Andrew Prine as Szeryf Cabot
- Thomas Jackson Burt as Farmer
- Ken Jackson as Charlie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Southern whimsy, when handled delicately, can produce a precious jewel a la Junebug. In less skillful hands, it can be merely precious.
Knoxville tries hard and exudes a certain likability, but can't really handle big dramatic moments at this point in his career.
A weird, unpleasant little movie.
Although the film starts off somewhat amusingly, the first-time feature director Katrina Holden Bronson seems to have spent more energy assembling the overbearing soundtrack than expanding on her characters' fractured relationships.
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