Synopsis
When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the factory, the aging Allery can't reconcile how to live a life simply sitting at home doing nothing. Against the advice and pleas of his loving wife Iola, he forms an unlikely friendship with his charismatic neighbor Walter Brewer in order to revive the defunct factory.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic72/100
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert JuryDirector
- Robert JuryWriter
- David GonzalezOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter GeretyAllery Parkes
- Billy BrownWalter Brewer
- Talia ShireIola Parkes
- J. Salome MartinezBenny Mendez
- Patrese McClainCecilia Brewer
- Ryan HallahanMcDowell
- Bobby RichardsStan Gordman
- Kirsten FitzgeraldMarg Maldonna
- Mike BrunliebRoger Hendriksen
- Barbara E. RobertsonBonnie
- Matthew RussellBrandon the Local Reporter
- Daniel LeahyBrian the Assistant
Stills
Themes
factory workerfactorysmall townnightmareclosuremental illnessestranged couplenext door neighborlost sonrust belt