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A Balasaur Score of 44 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 20%, Metacritic 25/100. Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,324 2010s romance movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 33 points higher than critics do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Annette Haywood-CarterDirector
- Ken CarterWriter
- Annette Haywood-CarterWriter
Cast
- Jim CaviezelWard Allen
- Chiwetel EjioforChristmas Moultrie
- Jaimie AlexanderLucy Stubbs
- Bradley WhitfordJack Cay
- Sam ShepardMr. Stubbs
- Tracey WalterMathias
- Jack McBrayerSir Graham
- Hal HolbrookJudge Harden
- Simone GriffethMrs. Stubbs
- George WhitfordLittle Jack Whitford
- Clay ChappellProsecutor
- Chip LaneCay Sr.
