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Beneath the Leaves

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.7K
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Mira Sorvino and Paul Sorvino in Beneath the Leaves (2019)
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Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.Four small-town boys are kidnapped by warm-eyed psychopath James Whitley.

  • Director
    • Adam Marino
  • Writers
    • Adam Marino
    • Naman Barsoom
    • Daniel Wallner
  • Stars
    • Mira Sorvino
    • Kristoffer Polaha
    • Doug Jones
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Marino
    • Writers
      • Adam Marino
      • Naman Barsoom
      • Daniel Wallner
    • Stars
      • Mira Sorvino
      • Kristoffer Polaha
      • Doug Jones
    • 53User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Mira Sorvino
    Mira Sorvino
    • Detective Erica Shotwell
    Kristoffer Polaha
    Kristoffer Polaha
    • Detective Brian Larson
    Doug Jones
    Doug Jones
    • James Whitley
    Aaron Farb
    Aaron Farb
    • Detective Abrams
    Ser'Darius Blain
    Ser'Darius Blain
    • Josh Ridley
    Christopher Backus
    Christopher Backus
    • Matt Tresner
    Christopher Masterson
    Christopher Masterson
    • George Middleton
    Tommy Kijas
    Tommy Kijas
    • Officer Cartwright
    Kee Seymore
    Kee Seymore
    • Officer Davis
    Marla Adams
    Marla Adams
    • Nadine
    Cassidy Barnes
    Cassidy Barnes
    • Young Adult Whitley
    Randall Barnett
    Randall Barnett
    • Larry
    Lili Bordán
    Lili Bordán
    • Samantha
    Damarr Calhoun
    • Young Josh
    Ashlyn Jade Lopez
    Ashlyn Jade Lopez
    • Young Rose
    Therese McLaughlin
    • Joanna Whitley
    Yvonne Miranda
    Yvonne Miranda
    • Reporter Hawkins
    Casey Nelson
    Casey Nelson
    • Officer Caldwell
    • Director
      • Adam Marino
    • Writers
      • Adam Marino
      • Naman Barsoom
      • Daniel Wallner
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    User reviews53

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    4BABSBunny24

    Mira saves it

    Mira Sorvino's performance is the only thing that made this film tolerable for me. The plot is interesting, but the execution of it missed the mark, mostly in the lack of believable characters. It could have been great, but ended up being only so-so.
    Ripshin

    AWFUL

    I lasted fifteen minutes. Just about everything is terrible. Direction. Script. Acting. Lighting. Locations. This is a low-rent, filler film.

    The supporting actors keep "mugging" in a juvenile, distracting manner.

    These " nine star" reviews are bogus.
    4ten-thousand-marbles

    A promising story that never comes together

    It's not awful, but it's never entirely clear what's going on. The plot us disjointed and confusing, and it's difficult to keep track of the characters and where they fit in. The writing could have been tightened up a bit which could have made this problem go away. I don't know if the writer was attempting to clever and failed or if he was just being lazy.
    5Ed-Shullivan

    Classified as a THRILLER but just does not quite make it all the way there

    First of all Mira Sorvino is always going to add to any films credibility. This is not her first rodeo playing a crime fighter. I recall her starring as an ICE Agent in the 2005 TV Mini-Series, Human Trafficking, and she held her own in that dramatic film series.

    Having said that Mira Sorvino is somewhat wasted in this low budget film by todays standards THRILLER. I don't know what the films director was thinking when Detective Erica Shotwell (Mira Sorvino) walked through some parts of the investigation wearing a mans hat on her head? It looked ridiculous. But I digress. Back to the plot. There is a psycho on the loose after a prison break and in a vaguely similar style to the 1996 film title, Sleepers, there is an abuser of young boys who have to find a way to survive their past horrors and then re-live those memories when this psycho breaks out of prison.

    Mira Sorvinos cop partner is Detective Brian Larson, (Kristoffer Polaha) who has a bit of a drinking problem which is his cross to bare after being one of the four young boys who survived the psycho predator who held him and three other boys in his torture chamber.

    The script had all the makings of a good story, as well as casting Mira Sorvino in a lead role, her father Paul Sorvino as the precincts Captain, and her husband Christopher Backus as another one of the four tortured boys living with their nightmares from their horrific childhood(s).

    It's just too bad that the on screen film just wasn't so thrilling as maybe the script could have been. Therefore I give this film a ho hum 5 out of 10 IMDb rating.
    3haskel-72951

    Why?

    What happened to Mira Sorvino? Why is she taking any role available? We may never get an answer to that but we have an answer to what rock bottom really is: this movie. Poorly written, pathetically directed, hilariously overacted, with effects that make Sci Fi Channel movies look competent, this is garbage. Three out of ten only because I feel sorry for Sorvino - she deserves better.

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      Mira Sorvino & Christopher Backus are married.
    • Soundtracks
      Eternity
      written by Rie Sinclair, Sheila Ellis, Attila Fodor

      performed by Rie Sinclair & Attila Fodor

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    • Release date
      • February 8, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Под листьями
    • Filming locations
      • Julian, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Reel Fire Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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