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Joe

  • 2013
  • 12
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
53K
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Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan in Joe (2013)
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Coming-of-AgePsychological DramaCrimeDramaThriller

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • David Gordon Green
  • Writers
    • Gary Hawkins
    • Larry Brown
  • Stars
    • Nicolas Cage
    • Tye Sheridan
    • Gary Poulter
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    53K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Gordon Green
    • Writers
      • Gary Hawkins
      • Larry Brown
    • Stars
      • Nicolas Cage
      • Tye Sheridan
      • Gary Poulter
    • 175User reviews
    • 179Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Nicolas Cage
    Nicolas Cage
    • Joe
    Tye Sheridan
    Tye Sheridan
    • Gary
    Gary Poulter
    Gary Poulter
    • Wade a.k.a. G-Daawg
    Ronnie Gene Blevins
    Ronnie Gene Blevins
    • Willie-Russell
    Adriene Mishler
    Adriene Mishler
    • Connie
    Brian Mays
    • Junior
    • (as Brian D. Mays)
    Aj Wilson McPhaul
    Aj Wilson McPhaul
    • Earl
    • (as A.J. Wilson McPhaul)
    Sue Rock
    Sue Rock
    • Merle
    Heather Kafka
    Heather Kafka
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    • Mother
    • (as Brenda Isaacs-Booth)
    Anna Niemtschk
    • Dorothy
    Elbert Hill III
    • Shorty
    • (as Elbert Evan Hill III)
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    • Milton
    Roderick L. Polk
    • Roscoe
    Aaron Spivey-Sorrells
    • Sammy
    John Daws
    • John Coleman
    Kay Epperson
    • Stacy
    Lico Reyes
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    • Director
      • David Gordon Green
    • Writers
      • Gary Hawkins
      • Larry Brown
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    User reviews175

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    7Rico121

    Not one to watch when your down

    This is for all intensive purposes a great movie, why did I give it 7 then, well it wasn't because of the acting, Nicolas Cage was great so were all the other actors. It's really dark but I don't mind dark, it's slow, but that doesn't matter as it's not meant to be a fast paced movie.

    There was just something not quite 10 star in it or 9 or 8. I really liked it, I just didn't Love it.

    It definitely watched like it was being read from a book and bearing in mind it was a book that made it worth every star I gave it.

    Definitely worth a watch if you can handle bleak and difficult movies.
    basil1984

    That balance begins to tip

    David Gordon Green, who's versatile career has swung from the sublime ('Snow Angels' & 'Undertow) to the completely absurd ('Pineapple Express' & 'Your Highness'), has swung back once again with this adaptation of Larry Brown's bleak novel, 'Joe'. The thriller follows the lives of country drifters surviving on the fringes of modern America's mid-west. The title character, played by Nicolas Cage, is a man with a troubled past and a short temper that has found a respectable - if teetering - balance in life. When he hires a young drifter, played by Tye Sheridan ('The Tree of Life' / 'Mud') as a day-laborer and tries to take the boy under his wing, that balance begins to tip when the boy's vagabond father becomes jealous of his income and his friendship with Joe. This is a film about fighting against your own nature and, though his more serious roles are often overshadowed by his over-the-top gonzo-ness, this is, by far, Cage's most subtle success to date. Don't worry though, he still gives the camera 'crazy-eyes' at least once.
    7imseeg

    Solid drama, with excellent acting performances and a great direction.

    Nicholas Cage still has got it! The man can still act, he only needs a good screenplay and a decent director.

    The good: solid acting performances in a bleak, hardhitting, true to life story about going down the drain.

    It's a slowburning story, but a REAL one and however depressing it might be, it is touching as well.

    Recommended for the arthouse movie fans.
    7claudio_carvalho

    Redemption of a Good Man

    In the South of the USA, the foreman Joe (Nicolas Cage) works with his black crew poisoning trees for the farmers to clean the field. Joe has a trauma, since he spent almost three years in prison for assaulting an abusive police officer. As the result, he has troubles with the police and he is emotionally detached from people. He spends most of his time drinking and smoking to control his nerves or with a whore and his dog. When the strong fifteen year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan) looks for a job with Joe, he notes that the teenager is a hard-worker and befriends him. But he also realizes that his abusive alcoholic father G-Daawg (Gary Poulter) is a scumbag. When G-Daawg associates to the also scum Willie-Russell (Ronnie Gene Blevins), he crosses a line with no point of return and Joe decides to protect Gary and his family.

    "Joe" is a low-budget movie with magnificent performance of the uneven Nicolas Cage in his best role in the last films. The dramatic and realistic story of redemption of a good man is crude and never corny. The excellent direction and performances and the original screenplay keep the attention of the viewer until the very last scene. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Joe"
    7rubenm

    The ultimate feel bad film

    This is one of the darkest, bleakest films I have seen in a long time. All characters, without any exception, are unhappy souls, surviving in a grim world, unable to improve their lives, prone to an almost genetically determined urge to mess things up.

    The image of rural America this film paints, is almost like that of a third world country. Most men have a cigarette in one hand and a bottle in the other. Dysfunctional families live in decaying shacks, without money or food. Violent dogs are barking everywhere. Disagreements are settled by fistfights or, in some cases, by bullets. The only community centres are a grocery store and a whorehouse. Homeless people are killed for a few dollars and a bottle of liquor.

    The central character is Joe, an outstanding role from Nicolas Cage. He is a loner, living on the edge of society, earning a living by poisoning trees so that they can be removed legally. He hires workers on a daily basis, one of them being a 15 year old kid who regularly gets beaten up by his alcoholic father. They get to like each other, but when the boy seeks Joe's protection, things get out of hand.

    The main characteristic of the film is the gloomy atmosphere, emphasizing the desolate hopelessness. The cinematography is stark and bare, with only the soundtrack adding some effect. The acting is very effective. Above all the part of the boy's father is worth mentioning. It is played by a local homeless man, who apparently died a few weeks after shooting was finished.

    Some reviewers compared 'Joe' tot 'Mud'. An obvious similarity is Tye Sheridan, who plays the same sort of role in both films, as a young kid who befriends an older man. But to me, 'Joe' had much more in common with 'Winter's Bone'. This film was also set in rural America, with Jennifer Lawrence as a teenager trying to keep her dignity in a world of violence and dysfunctional families.

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    • Trivia
      David Gordon Green often casts locals in his movies. Gary Poulter was a homeless man in Austin. Poulter died on the streets of Austin on Feb. 19, 2013, 2 months after filming ended.
    • Goofs
      When Gary takes off his vest by Joe's truck, his shirt pulls up and a microphone cable is visible going into his waistband.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Willie-Russell: I went through a windshield at 4 o'clock one morning and I don't give a fuck.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Nicolas Cage/Emily VanCamp/Kiss (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Annihilate
      Written by Weston Cage

      Performed by Eyes of Noctum

      Published by Sonitus Noir Music (BMI)

      Courtesy of Morbid Rose Records

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    • Release date
      • April 30, 2014 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Джо
    • Filming locations
      • Austin, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Worldview Entertainment
      • Dreambridge Films
      • Muskat Filmed Properties
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $373,375
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $105,881
      • Apr 13, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,431,443
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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