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Hounddog
Directed by
Deborah Kampmeier
R
2007
1h 42m
Drama
,
Music
6.2
15%
48%
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A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Cast of Hounddog
Dakota Fanning
Lewellen
Oliver Clayton-Luce
Boy 3
Isabelle Fuhrman
Grasshopper
Cody Hanford
Buddy
Piper Laurie
Grammie
David Morse
Daddy
Afemo Omilami
Charles
Blake Rayne
Elvis Presley
Ron Prather
Tuckdriver
Christoph Sanders
Wooden's Boy
Jill Scott
Big mma thorton
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Doctor
Jody Thompson
Preacher
Robin Wright
Stranger Lady
William Smith Yelton
Wooden Boy Friend
Chandler McIntyre
Buddy's Mother
Hounddog Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Steven Winn
The whole distasteful mess is sunk up to its neck in a brew of Southern Gothic atmosphere and hocus-pocus sentimentality.
Los Angeles Times
Mark Olsen
The problems that plague the movie land squarely with the writer, director and producer, Deborah Kampmeier, who has crafted a howler of a bad script, shows little affinity for working with actors and displays no visual sense behind the camera.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
The only lesson is that if you're a child of the south, you better get yourself adopted by Yankees.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
The clichs are thick as the kudzu in 1956 Alabama.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Rarely has there been a movie as misguided as Hounddog, which self-righteously indulges in exploitation while loudly decrying it.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Only Fanning's emotional honesty makes Hounddog watchable.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
If there's a Southern-gothic clich (oh, those snakes!) that writer-director Deborah Kampmeier misses, I don't know it.
Philadelphia Inquirer
David Hiltbrand
A slow procession of degradation and suffering, Hounddog is like a tall glass of bitter iced tea.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Under the circumstances, Fanning is remarkably collected and even dignified. As for the rest of the gang, they ought to be returned to sender.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
This overripe tale of innocence lost has become one of notoriety found.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Fanning is exceptional, anchoring the film with the confidence of an actress thrice her age.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Dakota Fanning takes an impressive step forward in her career, but that's about the only good thing about Hounddog.
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
Pretty but overwrought, Hounddog doesn't deserve its infamy, nor does it merit being seen or remembered.
Chicago Reader
Joshua Katzman
A bewildering slice of southern gothic hokum, it suffers from a weak script, proving that old saw about actors being only as good as the lines they're given.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Ms. Fanning's performance alone makes Hounddog worth seeing in this age of child Duses.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
The symbolism [is] clobbering.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Edelstein
Wright Penn evidently helped get the film financed, but her big scenes feel shoehorned in. This is Dakota Fanning's film.
MSNBC
Alonso Duralde
... a laughably lurid, vulgar parade of barefoot children, Gothic stereotypes, and "Fetch me a Co-Cola" dialogue you thought had gone out with God's Little Acre and Tobacco Road.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Suggests a Black Snake Moan origin story as conceived by Blanche Devereaux.
The Hollywood Reporter
James Greenberg
Fanning projects a strange mix of innocence and awareness. The triumph of her performance is her ability to turn it on and off in the same scene, sometimes even in the same shot.
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