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      Chattahoochee

      R 1989 1 hr. 37 min. Drama List
      11% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 51% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score In this fact-based film, Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman) returns from Korea a hero, but when he cannot find gainful employment outside of the service, he decides the best way to provide for his wife, Mae (Frances McDormand), is to act crazy enough to get shot by the police, thereby providing her with insurance money. Instead, he's captured and placed in the Chattahoochee prison for the mentally ill, where, with fellow inmate Walker Benson (Dennis Hopper), he begins to fight for better conditions. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 01 Buy Now

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      Steve D The script isn't good enough for what Oldman is giving it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Shioka O Based on a true story, good acting by Oldman, Hopper and McDormand. But, unfortunately, I find watching this film is uncomfortable because of the editing and the score. With such a material, it could be far better. Midnight Express is more compelling. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/21/22 Full Review Audience Member A true story with an amazing cast. I'm utterly dumbstruck that this movie didn't do far better. From Helmdale film corporation, which also made Platoon, The Last Emperor, and Salvador. Frances McDormand is really hot in this film, btw. Dennis Hopper is great in this, also. Gary Oldman said Sid & Nancy was an over-rated movie & this was an underrated. If you love classic movies, then you must see this. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good movie. Frances McDermand was beyond awesome, I 'd never seen her as a young, hot actress, my god. She was a favorite of mine from her middle-aged movies, like Fargo, I had no idea she was such a facile, intelligent presence onscreen when she was young. Ok, so it's an unfortunate name for the movie, when I was growing up in miami fl in the 50s/60s, my mother would say, "If you don't behave you'll end up in Chattahoochee." We all knew it was a bad place for crazy people and people who just didn't behave right. It was no secret, really, if a 5 year old kid in Miami knew that. In Florida you didn't grow up afraid of ending up in hell, you were afraid of ending up in Chattahoochee. Movie captures it. These reviewer reviews ...they are so off the wall...even Ebert's. "when a story sags or character seems unlikely..." He must have seen a different flick, or he just didn't care about an old expose. Oldman and particularly McDermand handled he exposition of Emmett and Mae's couple dynamics masterfully, and the writing was excellent, too. Very good flick, bad title. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member its worth to watch- nice film which masters to catch the human turmoil after war Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review dan u Oldman and Hopper - the only reasons I watched this movie... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times When a story sags or a character seems unlikely, the excuse of the "true story" always is the same: This really happened! Yes, but we are not at the movies because it really happened. Rated: 2.5/4 May 24, 2003 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: D+ Jun 1, 1989 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) The really unforgivable thing about Chattahoochee is that after violently torturing the spectator, they skimp on the catharsis. [Full review in Spanish] Nov 30, 2022 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a well-intentioned misfire that's rarely, if ever, as enthralling as Jackson has obviously intended. Rated: 2/4 Oct 5, 2021 Full Review Richard Freedman Newhouse News Service Unless you're a sadism fan, watching it can seem as tedious as actually spending a few years in the institution it both criticizes and secretly celebrates. Jan 5, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In this fact-based film, Emmett Foley (Gary Oldman) returns from Korea a hero, but when he cannot find gainful employment outside of the service, he decides the best way to provide for his wife, Mae (Frances McDormand), is to act crazy enough to get shot by the police, thereby providing her with insurance money. Instead, he's captured and placed in the Chattahoochee prison for the mentally ill, where, with fellow inmate Walker Benson (Dennis Hopper), he begins to fight for better conditions.
      Director
      Mick Jackson
      Production Co
      Hemdale
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 16, 2008
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $17.5K
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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