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Back Roads

2018

Alex Pettyfer

Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz, Robert Patrick ...

6.4

108

Thriller. Drama Harley Altmeyer (Alex Pettyfer) has to care for his three sisters after his mother is placed in jail for killing his abusive father. Living in the coal town of Laurel Falls in the backwoods of Western Pennsylvania, Harley lusts after a mother of two who lives down the road. Harley's life is further complicated when he becomes the lead suspect in a local murder mystery.

	Author	Review
United States	Dan Callahan The Wrap	"An accomplished debut from Pettyfer as a director (...) [It] stares unflinchingly at some of the rougher human experiences."	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Pettyfer isn't fully successful in preventing the material from being alternately tedious and sensationalistic (...) It offers many powerful moments"	NEU
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"There’s a potboiler plot that must win out, and its poorly handled revelations nearly sink the film"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] is more audacious than it is convincing (...) Pettyfer does a skillful job of establishing an atmosphere of small-town service-economy desolation. Surprisingly, he’s less good with the actors"	NEU
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"A raw movie overburdened by heavy-handed drama (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle	"Pettyfer’s film often succumbs to the novel’s most lurid instincts (...) If you and the film find yourself on the same wavelength, there is a fair amount here to like (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU

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