Fresh
In this life, people limit their dreams to what you can find at the dollar store.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rich Hill
Three boys in small town America
2014 · 1h 31m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Tracy Droz Tragos
,
Andrew Droz Palermo
Overview
If you ever find yourself traveling down Interstate 49 through Missouri, try not to blink—you may miss Rich Hill, population 1,396. Rich Hill is easy to overlook, but its inhabitants are as woven into the fabric of America as those living in any small town in the country. This movie intimately chronicles the turbulent lives of three boys living in said Midwestern town and the fragile family bonds that sustain them.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
84%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The confluence of poverty, dysfunctional parenting and poor educational prospects makes the oft-idealized small-town life look like an incubator for failure, no matter how high and spectacular the Fourth of July fireworks fly.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The spare, haunting score and intimate use of the camera brings us directly into the desperate lives of a country's poorest people, struggling to find even occasional pride and sense of belonging.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
"Rich Hill" doesn't just make you feel like you know these boys; it makes you care about them.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
What makes this elegy worth watching is the unfettered access to Andrew, Appachey and Harley, teenagers who are dealing with a hardscrabble existence in which role models are nowhere in sight.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
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