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Undertow

  • 2004
  • R
  • 1h 48min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,5/10
9574
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Jamie Bell and Josh Lucas in Undertow (2004)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaPig farmer and widower John Munn is raising his two sons in an isolated farmhouse, until his troubled brother arrives and changes their lives forever.Pig farmer and widower John Munn is raising his two sons in an isolated farmhouse, until his troubled brother arrives and changes their lives forever.Pig farmer and widower John Munn is raising his two sons in an isolated farmhouse, until his troubled brother arrives and changes their lives forever.

  • Regia
    • David Gordon Green
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Lingard Jervey
    • Joe Conway
    • David Gordon Green
  • Star
    • Jamie Bell
    • Josh Lucas
    • Dermot Mulroney
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,5/10
    9574
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • David Gordon Green
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Lingard Jervey
      • Joe Conway
      • David Gordon Green
    • Star
      • Jamie Bell
      • Josh Lucas
      • Dermot Mulroney
    • 78Recensioni degli utenti
    • 72Recensioni della critica
    • 63Metascore
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    Jamie Bell
    Jamie Bell
    • Chris Munn
    Josh Lucas
    Josh Lucas
    • Deel Munn
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • John Munn
    Devon Alan
    Devon Alan
    • Tim Munn
    Kristen Stewart
    Kristen Stewart
    • Lila
    Robert Longstreet
    Robert Longstreet
    • Bern
    Terry Loughlin
    Terry Loughlin
    • Officer Clayton
    Eddie Rouse
    Eddie Rouse
    • Wadsworth Pela
    Patrice Johnson
    Patrice Johnson
    • Amica Pela
    Charles 'Jester' Poston
    • Hard Hat Dandy
    Mark Darby Robinson
    • Conway
    Pat Healy
    Pat Healy
    • Grant the Mechanic
    Leigh Higginbotham
    Leigh Higginbotham
    • Muriel the Cashier
    • (as Leigh Hill)
    Alfred M. Jackson
    • Dock Worker
    William D. Turner
    • Dock Worker
    Michael Bacall
    Michael Bacall
    • Jacob
    Shiri Appleby
    Shiri Appleby
    • Violet
    Carla Bessey
    • Violet's Friend
    • Regia
      • David Gordon Green
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Lingard Jervey
      • Joe Conway
      • David Gordon Green
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    9thatoneguychris

    A World Unto Itself

    I recently saw this film after seeing Green's George Washington. While that film was interesting it wasn't fantastic...Undertow is fantastic and more. The plot is simple enough, just a story about two boys and their father living in the backwoods of America when their world is interrupted. The boys' uncle comes to visit, recently out of prison, and life quickly changes for them all and the true beauty of this film comes out. Where many movies fail is in focusing too heavily on the main characters or the action of the story. Undertow makes no such mistakes. In between the more intense scenes we are introduced to the world around our heroes. We meet fully developed characters each of whom could easily fill a movie of their own. Rather than creating a world for us to watch, Green has instead allowed us into a living, breathing world as observers. We don't get explanations for everything, only what we see on the screen. Miraculously, none of these characters slow down the film. They add humor or romance or suspense before we are snapped back to the main story. On top of all that the film is beautifully shot, perfectly acted/cast and the music fits the moods in each scene. There is finally a movie that can thrill us, but still take time to make sure we care and believe in it's world. I cannot recommend it enough, you will not be disappointed.

    I'm not sure what world Green will next allow us to enter, but I can't wait.
    7WriterDave

    The "Dukes of Hazzard" Go to Hell

    Taking a pop-culture icon and flipping it on its head is a favorite pastime of young film directors. In 1986 David Lynch took his boy-scout memories and essentially, in his own words, sent "The Hardy Boys" to hell with "Blue Velvet." Likewise, with a bit of Terrance Malick inspired poeticism, director David Gordon Green sends the good old Duke Boys to hell with "Undertow." Josh Lucas is effectively menacing in a "Night of the Hunter" kind of way as the recently released from prison brother of the stoic Dermot Mulroney, who has secluded himself and his two sons from the rest of the world on a hog farm following the death of his wife (whom was previously involved with Lucas' character). Some family folklore involving a hidden stash of gold coins sends Lucas' ex-con on a rampage that ends with the tracking of the young brothers on the run through rural American Gothic hell on earth. There's a lot to fault in a film like this, but also a lot to treasure if you give it the time. Jamie Bell and Devon Alan as the two brothers are very convincing and easy to route for, and some directorial flourishes from Green and nice character acting from Lucas keep the film fresh and original even as it channels past classics from Malick ("Badlands"), Lynch ("Blue Velvet"), and the "Night of the Hunter." There's also a score from my favorite minimalist composer Philip Glass. All in all, not a bad way for a film buff to spend their evening.
    Antagonisten

    Strange

    I watched Undertow at the Stockholm International Film Festival in November 2004. I had previously heard nothing about the film and it was more or less a coincidence that made med watch it. It was a pleasant experience though.

    Undertow is about two brothers living with their father in rural America. They live inside the woods since their father wants to keep away from other people. The oldest son, Chris, is a troubled kid almost always in trouble with the law. The youngest son has health problems. One day the fathers brother comes to visit, recently out of prison. He stays for a while before starting a new job. Soon though, there is trouble. Things happen and before long the two brothers are running from their uncle.

    The story here is perhaps nothing you haven't seen before at one time or another. But it's well executed and the strange, almost surreal, mood of the film is well maintained throughout. What stands out though in my opinion is the acting. All the main characters are acted very well. Especially Jamie Bell is excellent as the oldest brother. Also Josh Lucas does a terrific job playing the boys' unpleasant uncle.

    I wouldn't call this a masterpiece but it's well worth the watch. If for nothing else, then at least for the acting. It was one of the better films i saw at this years film festival, and i feel it's worth recommending. I rate it 6/10.
    9Flagrant-Baronessa

    Intense, brooding, grimy – this is the best film I've seen in a long time

    Director David Gordon Green's critically acclaimed Undertow is a strange but gripping experience. I don't know any other film quite like this. We've seen the slow pacing build up tension in the plot before in films, but it's so much more than that in Undertow – it's the pace of a family's life in the deep backwoods of Georgia and it it patiently lets us absorb everything. Maybe I was in a sensitive and impressionable frame of mind when I saw it, because I remember being so shaken and touched by this fare that its visuals and mood still haunt me.

    But this patient, slow pace is the calm before the storm as it comes to an end when the brother of the father of the family comes to visit, newly released from prison. Josh Lucas is this brother, and he captures the shady nature of his character with effortless conviction. His presence is felt in scenes he is not even in. Upon arriving to the family, the film just takes a completely different turn and we follow the two brave kids in the family on the run in the south from their uncle.

    This is further emphasized by attention-grabbing frames that freeze whenever intensity builds up. This may seem anti-climactic, but it's extremely effective and it makes the chase sequences very exciting and 1970s-influenced. So it essentially shifts between chase mode and (eerily) quiet South-paced calm in a genius way. If you like your films fast-paced and action-filled however, its brilliance may be lost on you – but if you give it time, Undertow will surprise you as it's unpredictable, even in style. This is just how meticulously-crafted it is.

    The film is grimy, dense, brooding and realistic and it zooms in on the deep necks of Georgia, featuring some gorgeously striking visuals, making you feel the dirt and heat of the deep south as if you were right there, breathing the murky warm air from the brown rivers. Some say Green's directing style is reminiscent of Terrence Malick (it is very visually-driven) but I don't think so – rather it is an insult to the former; Green clearly knows what he's doing and lets nature visuals facilitate the story he tells, while Malick lets the story facilitate his pointless nature visuals.

    I loved Undertow more every minute it progressed and am now prepared to give this film a 9 out 10. I also have it firmly stapled in my top 10 films of all time list and that is quite a feat for such a low-key dark horse.

    9/10
    ametaphysicalshark

    Southern Gothic

    A Southern Gothic fairytale directed by David Gordon Green and shot by his regular DP Tim Orr and scored by Phillip Glass with a cast of superb actors young and old. Doesn't that sound too good to be true? The critical consensus when the film was originally released, bar raves from Jonathan Rosenbaum and Roger Ebert and positive notices from other reputable sources such as the New York Times, Village Voice, AV Club, and Chicago Tribune, seemed to suggest, basically, that it was. Lots of talk about David Gordon Green and Southern Gothic being a clumsy fit (totally ludicrous suggestion), there being no real movie beneath the allusions and style (banal critic-speak), and more banal critic-speak dismissing the film as a derivative mess.

    I suppose my opinion is no more valid than that of those who dismissed the film, but "Undertow" strikes me, with five viewings of it under my belt, as David Gordon Green's best and most interesting film. The characters are well-developed within the ideals and ideas of the story and film. My fiancée's biggest problem with the film was the characterization of the villain played by Josh Lucas. He shows up snarling and menacing and remains so for the movie, given clear motivation but hardly 'well-developed'. However, the movie seems to be perfectly content with following the traditional style of the Southern Gothic story, the chase movie, and the fairytale. This villain might not be the best-developed in film history, but he works within the story.

    The screenwriters, director David Gordon Green and co-writer Joe Conway (an English teacher apparently, you can tell just by watching the movie), write their characters to fit within a certain ideal, and as such one could argue that most of the characters in "Undertow" are mythic figures more than characters, with the focus being largely on the two brothers at the core of the story, played by the immensely talented young actors Jamie Bell and Devon Alan.

    The film's predictability appears to be an issue for many but I like how earnest Gordon Green and his cast and crew are in telling this story. I like that there's no cheap hipster irony. The reason it's predictable is that it's been done a thousand times before, but clearly nobody involved thinks there was a problem with doing it again. Where I disagree with several critics and IMDb reviewers is on the idea that "Undertow" doesn't distinguish itself from those which came before. I disagree. All a film needs to distinguish itself is quality, and "Undertow" has plenty of that. It's remarkably well-written, outside some narrative confusion, and Tim Orr's gloomy Southern Gothic imagery match perfectly with what is easily Phillip Glass' most underrated score, and one of his very best overall, creating a stark, beautiful atmosphere. David Gordon Green again focuses more on ambiance and character, but also seems more interested here than in his earlier films in telling a single story, but does so with a decisive preference for story over 'plot'.

    Perhaps the victim of unfair and incorrect expectations, "Undertow" seems to have at least held on to a relatively high reputation, and hopefully will be remembered in the future for the masterpiece it is. Looked at for what it is, a fanciful tale of the bond between two brothers and their journey together, including numerous episodic encounters along the way (again the fairytale aspect comes into play) and not really the gritty chase film some critics seem to have mistaken it for, "Undertow" is a unique triumph. A tour-de-force from a director below the age of 30 blessed with class and sophistication and intelligence and a cinematographer and composer and cast who seemed destined to make this film.

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      During the shooting the scene where Deel drives Chris on the dirt road away from the farm, a police chopper was continually circling the area due to a dead body being found around the area. The cast and crew never saw the actual dead body, however.
    • Blooper
      When Chris and Deel go for a drive, the lock button on Deel's door alternates between up and down.
    • Citazioni

      Tim Munn: I miss Dad... and the hogs... and my books... and my shower cap.

    • Curiosità sui crediti
      [at the start of the film] The following film was made with the assistance of the Drees County law enforcement agencies and the surviving family of John W. Munn.
    • Connessioni
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Best Films of 2004 (2005)
    • Colonne sonore
      Monster in the Canyon
      Written by Mitchell Rothrock, Shane Hartman and Scott Nurkin

      Performed by The Dynamite Brothers

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    • Data di uscita
      • 17 dicembre 2004 (Grecia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Sito ufficiale
      • United Artists (United States)
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Legado de violencia
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Savannah, Georgia, Stati Uniti
    • Aziende produttrici
      • United Artists
      • Muskat Filmed Properties
      • Sunflower Productions
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    • Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 143.597 USD
    • Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
      • 24.354 USD
      • 24 ott 2004
    • Lordo in tutto il mondo
      • 156.767 USD
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      • 1h 48min(108 min)
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