The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 62%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes62%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
143 audience votes
Key crew
- Matthew L. HealyWriter
- David DobkinDirector
Cast
- Joaquin PhoenixClay Bidwell
- Vince VaughnLester Long
- Janeane GarofaloAgent Dale Shelby
- Scott WilsonSheriff Dan Mooney
- Gregory SporlederEarl
- Georgina CatesAmanda
- Vince VielufDeputy Barney
- Joseph D. ReitmanGlen
- Nicole ArlynGloria Collins
- Wayne BrennanMinister
- Jeff OlsonMark
- Monica MoenchKimberly Turner
