Cook County

Released Nov 11, 2011

1 hr. 33 min.

Drama

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38%

13 Reviews

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68%

250+ Ratings

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A family struggles to overcome drug abuse.

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3.75/5 --- Drugs are bad for you, especially meth. This movie shows you why, how and who you hurt. Honest portrayal, great small cast - Xander Berkeley always impresses me (see him in a great series "The Booth at the End"), and so does Anton Mount, who has an uncannily resemblance to actor Henry Cavill ("Superman")...he does what Christian Bale did in "The Machinist" for his character, who you will grow to hate during the movie. Well done script and superb acting, just found it a bit slow...but you do get a feel for what it's like for the addicted.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Too flat, too plain; even too real, too disturbing & depressing to watch.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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walter m

In "Cook County," Bump(Anson Mount) spends most of his days either cooking meth or consuming it with what he would loosely call friends. He employs his teenaged nephew Abe(Ryan Donowho) to run errands while Bump's infant daughter Deandra(Makenna Fitszimmons) runs free on the property. After two and a half years, Bump's brother Sonny(Xander Berkeley) is released from prison but has to turn down his brother's offer of drugs due to his peeing in a cup for his parole officer who also wants to make sure his charge gets an honest job. The strength of "Cook County" comes from its performances which are so lived in that they positively reek which is a compliment, by the way. If it had stopped there, this still might have been worth a recommendation but there is also a great sequence of crosscutting between two very disparate households that is the movie in a microcosm. The whole purpose of which is to show the dangers and decay of drug use without being preachy. At the same time, considering how bad the adults are(Sonny has some perspective but not quite enough), one wonders what hope there is for the children in this harrowing world.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This should be shown to all teens! Acting was par at best but the message was 5 stars! Go John McClain! Nice job.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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"Sick and disturbing. Those are the two words that I was left with after seeing this movie. The things that Bump does in this film made me absolutely sick. Its like a train wreck, you don't want to watch, but you can't seem to look away. I had a hard time with one scene in particular. I won't give it away, but I'm sure if you see the movie, you might guess which scene that was. I would like to think that these things are far from how it is with real drug addicts, but it's not. Those who have been around this kind of scene will know that it doesn't trail too far from being absolutely true to the behavior of someone who's addicted to methamphetamine. It's sad. See it if you want. I know I won't be watching it agian. Once was enough for me."

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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This movie really captures the destructive things meth addicition can do to ones life. Great performances and directing by Pomes here. This movie isnt for everyone but it is a good one. Not for the fainted heart but if you want to see a good film this worth seeing. It will leave you on edge waiting for bad things to happen which do over and over again.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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David Pomes

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Anson Mount

Bump

Xander Berkeley

Sonny

Ryan Donowho

Abe

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

There's rarely a point when we believe in any of these characters, the bleakly romanticized setting or their increasingly ugly story.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 16, 2011

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Meth addicts at least can qualify for treatment; where, though, is the rehab facility for indie directors addicted to making ugly little movies about wretched little losers?

Rated: 0.5/4

Dec 16, 2011

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

What we need is for the writer and director, David Pomes, to wallow less in aimless dialogue and lowlife sordidness. What we need is a point.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 15, 2011

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Mark Bell

Film Threat

Cook County excels primarily due to the acting merits of Anson Mount. Mount portrays Bump as one of the more menacing, and yet pathetic, drug dealers ever to grace cinema.

Rated: 4.5/5

Dec 21, 2011

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Strictly recommended for those dying to watch crystal meth addicts being, well, crystal meth addicts, with every attendant horror. Anyone?

Dec 19, 2011

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

A gritty, pungent drama with some nicely attuned performances; the rank aroma of frantic hopelessness can almost be smelled coming off the screen.

Rated: B

Dec 18, 2011

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Synopsis

A family struggles to overcome drug abuse.

Director: David Pomes
Screenwriter: David Pomes
Distributor: Hannover House
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.0K

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