Review of Small Town Saturday Night (2010) by Steve S — 02 Jun 2010

*** (out of four).

Though it certainly isn't a great film in many ways, mainly because the territory it travels has been done many times before. But I think it does a real good job at capturing the mundane hopelessness that some people can feel in a small town and the inability to climb out of the hole you have built for yourself.

Chris Pine leads an ensemble cast as someone who wants to leave his hometown and try and make it in the big world of country music. But leaving is not so easy when all your ties are still there.