Okie

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Okie

2024

1h 26m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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11 Reviews

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Louie, a wealthy writer, returns to his beleaguered hometown after his father passes away. The town, a weathered setting, and its people, equally worn, have served as the spiritual muses for Louie's popular, rustic anthology. Upon his return, Louie is reunited with his childhood friends, the very same people he utilized as central characters in his pretentious novels. Thus ensues a confusing swirl of nostalgia and enmity as Louie is dragged from party-to-party, coming face-to-face with those whose lives he's exploited for his own financial gain. But soon, as his grip on reality slips, he begins to wonder if these ostensibly simple townsfolk don't have their own version of payback in mind.

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Zachary Lee

RogerEbert.com

11/14/2024

A perspicacious and revealing watch for those who have thought they've grown beyond the scope and needs of their hometowns and communities.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

11/30/2024

B-

The story is a familiar one and nothing fresh is uncovered.

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Marya E. Gates

Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack)

11/23/2024

Capture(s) the spirit of being someone from a small, insular community who may have left and become more “cosmopolitan,” but is also, deep down, just some hick kid from the sticks.

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Matthew Creith

Matinee With Matt

11/20/2024

Okie begs the question: can someone really go back home?

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

11/09/2024

Though Okie can verge on the condescendingly simplistic itself, it has the strong atmosphere and concentrated punch of a good short story.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

11/08/2024

3/5

“Okie” leaves us contemplating whether the things we tell ourselves about our own lives may be acts of self-deception. The result is a simply told story that, nevertheless, has some disturbing questions directed to us just below the surface.

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Big G

Apr 20

This was filmed just minutes from my hometown and Kate Cobb hit the nail on the head in regard to what the people are like and what returning back to a small, rural community is like after having moved to a city. The acting was good all around, the cinematography was pretty standard, and the story was engaging, although it left something to be desired. A good movie that I would recommend to anyone who has grown up in, and moved away from, a small hick town.

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Lauren R

11/10/2024

Cobb perfectly captured the nuance of returning home - the nostalgia and the innate resentment we feel projected onto us. Beautiful cast and beautiful film!

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Maeve W

11/09/2024

Okie was a wonderful film! I especially enjoyed the character Kevin and thought he brought a light comedic energy to the plot.

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Kelly W

11/08/2024

Kate Cobb delivers a remarkable directorial debut that brings a nuanced, unflinching eye to the bittersweet realities of returning home.

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Louie, a wealthy writer, returns to his beleaguered hometown after his father passes away. The town, a weathered setting, and its people, equally worn, have served as the spiritual muses for Louie's popular, rustic anthology. Upon his return, Louie is reunited with his childhood friends, the very same people he utilized as central characters in his pretentious novels. Thus ensues a confusing swirl of nostalgia and enmity as Louie is dragged from party-to-party, coming face-to-face with those whose lives he's exploited for his own financial gain. But soon, as his grip on reality slips, he begins to wonder if these ostensibly simple townsfolk don't have their own version of payback in mind.

Director: Kate Cobb
Screenwriter: Kevin Bigley
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Chicago Media Angels, In the Rye Productions
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 8, 2024
Runtime: 1h 26m

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