Jess & Moss

2011

1h 23m

Drama

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80%

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5 Reviews

68%

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100+ Ratings

Two second cousins recall shared memories of companionship and sexual awakening.

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Glenn Heath Jr.

Slant Magazine

A strange and intoxicating indie constructed as a series of vignettes that capture two children grappling with the overlap of trauma and nostalgia.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 21, 2012

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

Mr. Jeter, who has made his feature-length debut with this film, tries to capture the loose feel of childhood's open-ended summers. But the vocabulary of his imagery feels worn out, and the ambience feels handed down.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 16, 2012

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Benjamin Mercer

Village Voice

Achingly sad and surpassingly lovely.

Feb 14, 2012

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Blake Griffin

We Got This Covered

Jess + Moss is a simply beautiful film with amazing sound work and nearly flawless direction.

Rated: 9/10

Nov 11, 2013

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Thomas Caldwell

Cinema Autopsy

Perhaps it is slightly too obtuse to really deliver a full emotional punch, but I nevertheless found this to be a mesmerising and beautiful film.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 13, 2011

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Audience Member

An impressionistic film shot in 16 mm in Kentucky about a young boy and his older cousin hanging out by themselves and dealing with their secrets and abandonment issues. There is a story, but not much of one. Your enjoyment will depend on how much you enjoy watching a beautifully shot film that doesn't really amount to much. I enjoyed it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

A quiet, slow film composed mainly of small glimpses at the way these two young people deal with their abandonment issues. Watching the film was almost like visiting an art gallery or museum, with gorgeous images stacked one on top of each other that did little to advance the story, such as it was, but kept this viewer completely enthralled. One felt there was an emotional developmental delay in Jess (Sarah Hagan), possibly caused, we eventually discover, by the tenuous hold she has on her mother, who disappeared from her life in some indeterminate past. Meanwhile Amos, or Moss (Austin Vickers), is dealing with the loss of his parents to an accident. A few other people float about the edges of the film, but it is these two young actors who carry the bulk of the film and were certainly up to the task. The images are what stays with one as the credits roll. It truly is a beautiful film that would normally be out of my comfort zone with such a minimal story, but somehow this one succeeds where many have failed to engage.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

One of those hidden gems you hope to be able to find. It's like a feast for the eyes and ears of the art film geeks. Seek this one out.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

A meditative exploration of friendship, loss, memory, and sexual awakening, set against a backdrop of the decaying rural South. Jeter trades in narrative for more free reign in a perma-dusk character experience.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

Beautiful imagery, scenery, lovely. It transported me back to my coming-of-age and the dreaminess of memories. Very vivid.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Clay Jeter

Director

Sarah Hagan

Jess

Haley Strode

Jess's Mom

Austin Vickers

Moss

Haley Parker

Haley

Donald R. Fleming

Jess's Father

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Synopsis

Two second cousins recall shared memories of companionship and sexual awakening.

Director: Clay Jeter
Producer: Cliff Coleman, Bill Fletcher, Jason Michael Berman, David Gelb
Screenwriter: Isaac Hagy, Clay Jeter, Will Basanta, Debra Jeter
Production Co: Love Streams Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 20, 2017
Runtime: 1h 23m

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