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South of Heaven

2021

Aharon Keshales

Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Shea Whigham, Mike Colter ...

5.2

319

Action. Drama Convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life - unfortunately it's not that simple.

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[Sudeikis'] sterling efforts are not enough to overcome the overly convoluted plot machinations (...) [The screenplay] ultimately piles on too much, resulting in a severe lack of credibility"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Jason Sudeikis Goes Badass in a Thriller Too Contrived to Believe (...) “South of Heaven” takes too many corkscrew turns you can’t buy"	NEG
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"[It] gets a little tiring as character development is at a minimum here, with most of the actors stuck in stereotypical roles for this kind of genre exercise"	NEG
United States	Amy Nicholson The New York Times	"A Texas melodrama that’s as convincing as a taxidermied jackalope"	NEG
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"A dark thriller that begins with promise but takes a jarring turn (...) [It] devolves into a rote thriller (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"[The] plot feels like microwaved leftovers (...) Nothing coheres, and not much helps it stand out from its long line of predecessors (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Monique Jones Common Sense Media	"It's hard to figure out what kind of story it wants to tell. The two main male characters, Jimmy and Price, feel miscast to unintentionally hilarious effect (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"The 'Ted Lasso' star uses his Southern accent but not his charm in a plodding melodrama (...) There are some bloody surprises here and there, but too few to satisfy even the most casual genre lover."	NEG
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman The Wrap	"Presumably, Sudeikis took this job to prove his dramatic skills, and he does deserve credit for achieving that goal. What he's never able to generate, though, is a compelling case for the movie itself"	NEG

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