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Joe

Joe

2013

David Gordon Green

Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Gary Poulter ...

6.0

4,086

Drama An ex-con, who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"A patiently observed, often unsettlingly violent drama that can’t help but feel overly familiar in some of its particulars, rich in rural texture but low on narrative momentum or surprise"	NEU
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Powered by raw yet expertly measured performances from Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan (...) the film captures both the grit and the compassion for its characters’ pain that are hallmarks of the writing of novelist Larry Brown"	POS
United States	Oliver Lyttelton IndieWire	"It’s a muscular and textured piece of work that shifts assuredly through tones and genre, and features a rich and rewarding performance from Cage, and another excellent turn from his young co-star Tye Sheridan"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The film belongs to Cage. You can feel his compassion as Joe defies the reduced options of his life. There's not an unfelt moment in Cage's performance. Or in the movie. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Mr. Cage gives his most committed performance in years as this divided soul, but it still looks like acting when compared with Mr. Poulter’s embodiment of pure evil." "	POS

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