God's Pocket (film)
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| Directed by | John Slattery |
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| Written by | John Slattery Alex Metcalf |
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God's Pocket by Pete Dexter |
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| Music by | Nathan Larson |
| Cinematography | Lance Acord |
| Edited by | Tom McArdle |
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Park Pictures
Cooper's Town Productions Shoestring Pictures |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $170,000 |
Cooper's Town Productions Shoestring Pictures
God's Pocket is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery and co-written with Alex Metcalf, based on a 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Richard Jenkins. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival to mixed critical reviews, and was picked up for domestic distribution by IFC Films. The film is set in a poor working class South Philadelphia neighborhood modeled on Devil's Pocket, but filmed in Yonkers and New Jersey.
Hoffman died within two weeks of the film's premiere at Sundance's 2014 U.S. Dramatic Competition.
When a blue collar worker's stepson is killed in a mysterious accident, he tries to cope, but things become difficult as the characters continue to intertwine in unexpected ways.
God's Pocket received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 36% based on 89 reviews, with the critical consensus reading, "Well-cast but frustratingly clichéd, God's Pocket fails to strike a sensible balance between comedy and drama." On Metacritic, the film received a score of 51 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
The Hollywood Reporter called it a "half-good effort" that lacked the "snap, precision and stylistic smarts a mixed-tone project like this requires." Screen International called it "too shaggy and tonally inconsistent to hold together." Stephanie Merry from the Washington Post said, "What began as an intriguing snapshot begins to feel grotesque and inscrutable."
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