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Movie Overview
Cast
• Edward Norton
• Evan Rachel Wood
• Bruce Dern
Director
• David Jacobson
MPAA Rating
R - for violence, sexual content, language and drug use.
Down in the Valley (2006)

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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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3.5/5
"The values of past and present collide in this beautifully shot, finely acted reexamination of the American Dream."  Channel 4 Film  Anton Bitel

"Look out: here comes another revisionist Western."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

C
"The more you know about it the less likable it becomes."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

B
"A sober and often chilling examination of the conflict between the Old West and the New West."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

2/4
"Foregoes the mythos and passion resulting in a methodically paced, muddled examination of yet another potential burgeoning psycho on Jacobson's resume of anti-heroes."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

3/5
"An original and utterly unconventional tragedy of fantasy and reality."  Film Threat  Felix Vasquez Jr.

C
"An interesting misfire that unfortunately flames out well before the inevitable final shoot-out."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

2/5
"Starts out as an engaging character drama but surrenders to gunplay."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2/4
"Misfires like a seized-up six-shooter."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

6/10
"The movie does not waste the performances, but the screenplay could have served them better."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

3.5/5
"Captures the flavor of a contemporary indie -- courtesy of an innovative auteur and one of our greatest male performers."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

2.5/4
"An entrancingly mournful film that reveals the detrimentally hamfisted influence of the Sundance Institute."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

3/5
"While it does feel somewhat stretched and overwrought, this is also a powerfully well-told story."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

B
"A cautionary tale about the dangers of casual sex, or even casual friendships with strangers."  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

C+
"The film is... shifted from the troubled relationship of the frayed family [to the] private psychodrama... of Norton's troubled character."  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  Sean Axmaker

2/4
"Opts for an easy explanation over a complicated one that could have produced authentic suspense."  Charlotte Weekly  Sean O'Connell

"The last third of the picture drags along listlessly -- by the end, we feel dusty and worn out, a little too tired to see Harlan for the romantic, tragic figure that he is."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

1/4
"Nerve-less."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw
OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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