Castle in the Ground

2019

1 hr. 45 min.

Drama

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67%

39 Reviews

Tomatometer

61%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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A grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.

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While it's far from a feelgood drama, the well-acted Castle in the Ground approaches addiction with admirable honesty.

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Audience Member

Sad and kinda jumbled . I’m sure it’s a bit realistic but I didn’t enjoy really any of it if we’re being honest but as always alex was great 2.1

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/31/22

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Audience Member

Solid acting, not much depth or plot, doesn't seem like a lot happens.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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scott m

Story about drug addiction. Not really that new, but I enjoyed it a lot because of Imogen Poots. The woman should be cast in more lead roles. She carries movies.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

tragic but amazing to see

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Castle in the Ground suffers from the common problem with most ambitious films these days of having a solid cast with strong performers, but a script that descends into a messy hole of nothingness, and leaves the viewer confused and unfulfilled.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Great flick and loved every second of it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Joey Klein

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Alex Wolff

Henry

Imogen Poots

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Tom Cullen

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Becca James

Chicago Reader

Castle in the Ground is a somber, if not sober, look at the bleak reality of the opioid epidemic...

Dec 30, 2020

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I liked this. It is unrelentingly bleak, but it is very well acted.

May 15, 2020

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Wolff gives the material his all. If only his efforts could compensate for the film's gradual descent into banality.

Rated: 2/4

May 15, 2020

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

An up-close-and-personal look at a very large issue. It offers no solutions or searing insight as to how the opioid problem spun so far out of control. Instead, it is simply a well-made and well-acted look at life in a time of personal crisis.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jan 30, 2021

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Castle in the Ground (written and directed by Joey Klein) is not an innovative or particularly well-paced film, but a nuanced performance by Alex Wolff makes the movie worth a look for people who are interested in seeing yet another 'wasted youth' story.

Jul 18, 2020

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Castle in the Ground is an exhausting, believable tale of lives in decline

Rated: 3/4

May 24, 2020

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Synopsis

A grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.

Director: Joey Klein
Executive Producer: Mark Gingras, Mark Gringas, John Hansen III, John Laing, Rob McGillivray, Tom Spriggs, Ben Stranahan, Andra Gordon, George Stranahan
Screenwriter: Joey Klein
Production Co: Woods Entertainment, Tip-Top Productions, Band With Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 15, 2020

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