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Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Play trailer Poster for Ain't Them Bodies Saints R Released Aug 16, 2013 1h 35m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A man (Casey Affleck) takes the fall for his lover's (Rooney Mara) crime, then four years later breaks out of prison to find her and their young daughter, who was born during his incarceration.

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While conventional in plot, Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a visually poetic film that pays homage to the New Hollywood directors of the 1970s and promises big things from director David Lowery.

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Wendy Ide Times (UK) Rooney and Affleck never overplay their parts in fine performances that make you long for a smile from one of them. May 30, 2023 Full Review J. Hoberman ARTINFO.com [Ain't Them Bodies Saints] is... beautifully shot, highly aestheticized, ponderously lyrical, dramatically inert, lugubriously scored, and weirdly sanctimonious. Feb 22, 2019 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online The problem with the film, written and directed by David Lowery, is that it's tepidly drawn, with molasses-like pacing and an anticlimactic ending that does little to keep the audience invested. Rated: C- Sep 6, 2017 Full Review David Bax Battleship Pretension Everything is relentlessly grim and dour without earning the weight to make that mean something. Feb 25, 2021 Full Review Pablo Muñoz Espinof Somehow, everything in the movie feels forced. [Full Review in Spanish] Apr 17, 2020 Full Review David Harris Spectrum Culture A homage to American cinema of the brown era, one that has many beautiful parts that don't add up to an interesting whole. Rated: 2.8/5 Nov 20, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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KB B I thought it was a compelling movie with good acting and storyline. It's a tearjerker. Casey Affleck is one of my favorite actors and is superb in this as usual. It's definitely worth the watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review Joe W So bad I created an account to review. Aggressively boring! Cinematography and pacing can go a long way to carry a contemplative movie but this clunker fails on both fronts. Agony to watch! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review KARL O I guess someone's a big Terence Malik fan. Sometimes imitation is not the greatest form of flattery. This is a movie that even managed to make the action sequences dull. A whole lot of acting for one small movie. I missed this on release. I'm sorry I didn't leave it missed. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/26/22 Full Review Audience Member Convincing performances, down-to-earth drama with that ‘modern times western' feel to it. Slow at times, tense at others and with a predictable, but satisfying, ending. Not without viewing and entertainment value, despite a slew of dumb decisions from the main character. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie. It fulfills much of what Lowery is often after in his movies. Yes, the cinematography is a real strength here. The score is solid as well. Rooney Mara does a wonderful Sissy Spacek take. Foster is again strong as the guy who wants to take the troubled woman and give her what she deserves in life. And Affleck is again good as the little screw-up guy who never has the good sense to do what he really should. But for all the positive qualities, the movie never really rises to the occasion; it doesn't reach a level of transfixing the viewer or pull at you in a way that's hard to shake. What energy of great cinema it does generate just flows around you. It never flows through you to make you feel the magic of film. 3.1 stars Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review ari v Felt more like a warm up to A Ghost Story to me than anything else. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A man (Casey Affleck) takes the fall for his lover's (Rooney Mara) crime, then four years later breaks out of prison to find her and their young daughter, who was born during his incarceration.
Director
David Lowery
Producer
Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Cassian Elwes, Amy Kaufman
Screenwriter
David Lowery
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Sailor Bear, Parts & Labor
Rating
R (Some Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$387.6K
Runtime
1h 35m
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