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      Evidence of Blood

      PG-13 1998 1 hr. 49 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 51% 100+ Ratings Audience Score An acclaimed writer of crime fiction, Jackson Kinley (David Strathairn) revisits his Georgia hometown and becomes involved in a decades-old murder case. Kinley teams up with Dora Overton (Mary McDonnell), the daughter of the alleged killer, to investigate further, but the deeper that the amateur sleuths dig, the more they seem to be putting their own lives in danger. As the mystery is slowly unraveled, it appears as if some local people will do anything to keep their secrets hidden. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Oct 17 Buy Now

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      lin m Good acting. Great cinemstogrspher Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I love David Strathairn & Mary McDonnell- but this movie was terrible. So disappointed! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Nothing is more fun to watch than a really good mystery, and for nearly an hour, I thought I'd found one in Evidence of Blood. Films like this one really irritate me, because they are so good, well-written, and thoughtful, until the end. In the end, so many weird things happen, and the film twists in so many different directions, that when it's all said and done, the audience is left scratching it's head. Jackson Kinley (David Stathairn) is a Pulitzer Prize winning author, who returns home to the small town he was raised in. He's come back home, because his best friend, the town sheriff, has been found dead. It's no mystery how he died, it was a heart attack, but the mystery lies in where he was found and what he was doing there. Kinley follows the clues and figures out that the sheriff was close to solving the only murder in the towns history, one that took place nearly 30 years earlier. The story here is textbook, as Kinley finds what his buddy was working on and follows the evidence. The viewers learn what he learns as Kinley discovers it. Nothing is held back, leaving us to think for ourselves and letting us trying to figure out who did what and why. To me, these are the best types of mysteries, because they don't assume the audience is brain dead, and it feels like you're actually out there with Kinley, trying to solve the crime. David Stathairn stars, and has been, and will continue to be one of the most underrated actors in all of modern cinema. When you look at his IMDB page, this guy has been in everything and played some huge roles, but for some reason is always overlooked. Rarely is his name at the top of the marquee, but roles like this prove that it should be. For the first hour of Evidence of Blood, I was in love with this film, but then it got to the end, and everything fell apart. The pace of the movie seemingly triples and a million things are thrown at us at once, making for a very confusing and unsatisfying end to an otherwise great story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member a wonderful who done it.great cast and over all just a great movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review william s A slow burn of a mystery that does'nt have the payoff to warrant the wait. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member So many unanswered questions: what really happened to the dead sheriff? why does David Strathairn's character--who is SO dim--have a Pulitzer prize? why couldn't and didn't anyone else in the universe solve this SO easy case already? why did the makeup artist decide to do such unflattering things to Mary McDonnell? To add insult to injury, the plot of this movie unfolds so slowly and nonsensically as to be offensive. The acting fares slightly better, but I still would've rather watched another two hours of Passion Fish (also starring Mary McDonnell and David Strathairn) than this monstrosity. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 14, 2005 Full Review Diane Selkirk Apollo Guide Rated: 70/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An acclaimed writer of crime fiction, Jackson Kinley (David Strathairn) revisits his Georgia hometown and becomes involved in a decades-old murder case. Kinley teams up with Dora Overton (Mary McDonnell), the daughter of the alleged killer, to investigate further, but the deeper that the amateur sleuths dig, the more they seem to be putting their own lives in danger. As the mystery is slowly unraveled, it appears as if some local people will do anything to keep their secrets hidden.
      Director
      Andrew Mondshein
      Production Co
      MGM Television
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 3, 2018
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