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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 70% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
456 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan BallDirector
- Alan BallWriter
- Nathan BarrOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul BettanyFrank
- Sophia LillisBeth
- Peter MacdissiWally
- Steve ZahnMike
- Stephen RootDaddy Mac
- Judy GreerKitty
- Margo MartindaleMammaw
- Lois SmithAunt Butch
- Jane McNeillNeva
- Caity BrewerMarcia
- Cole Doman16-Year-Old Frank
- Michael Perez16-Year-Old Sam
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Themes
coming outnew york citysuicidefuneralhomophobia1970sunclealcoholismroad tripgriefinterracial relationshipmale homosexuality