Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.
Bright Leaves has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Bright Leaves (2004)
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By Frank Scheck (1,741) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 21 Oct 2003
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By Eleanor Ringel Cater (614) for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (910) on 20 Oct 2004
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Bright Leaves was released in 2004 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 54 reviews, giving Bright Leaves (2004) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 69%. Professional critics were more impressed with Bright Leaves than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 70%, Bright Leaves is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2004, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2004 with similar scores include films like The Phantom of the Opera, 11:14 and Keane.
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