Fresh
If many of the script's circumstances seem a bit too convenient, Mandelberg's direction provides a cavalier "what next?" verve that invites incongruity.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Inside Out
Sometimes your best friend is your worst enemy.
2011 · 1h 33m · PG-13
Action, Crime
Directed by
Artie Mandelberg
Overview
For the last thirteen years AJ has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack. Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
Director and cast
- Artie Mandelberg Director
- Paul Levesque as Arlo Jayne
- Michael Rapaport as Jack Small
- Parker Posey as Claire Small
- Jency Griffin as Irena
- Michael Cudlitz as Detective Calgrove
- Julie White as Martha
- Bruce Dern as Vic Small
- Mike Agresta as Irate Driver
- Allen Boudreaux as Tax Attorney
- John Chambers as Store Clerk
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
25%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Loyalties are tested and Scorsese ripped off until audiences may feel as if they're in a movie deathlock.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
A nonsensical, thickly plotted gumbo...
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Rotten
Shooting for stoic, Mr. Levesque only delivers inert. And the plot devolves into a tangle of dithering story lines.
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Rotten
As bloated as its star's pectoral muscles and as lastingly resonant as any random episode of SmackDown.
Andrew Schenker, Time Out New York
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