Review of Shotgun Stories (2007) by Alec B — 11 Oct 2008

It's tremendously slow approach creates some remarkable scenes that feel totally real. So many of the conversations are just so ordinary you'd think you were watching a documentary. It's a mistake to say that the movie is about forgiveness or vengeance in the normal sense of the words.

One family had a cruel father who abandoned them, the other had a kind religious father. Both of these fathers are the same man. One hates him, the other adores him. His death upsets each family's lives to a point were all their bitterness and anger come out in tremendously destructive ways.

I wouldn't call it a perfect film, but I can't wait to see what Jeff Nichols does next as a director.