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The World Made Straight
Directed by
David Burris
R
2015
1h 59m
Drama
5.5
62%
47%
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In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
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Cast of The World Made Straight
Haley Joel Osment
Shank
Minka Kelly
Dena
Noah Wyle
Leonard
Jeremy Irvine
Travis
Adelaide Clemens
Lori
Marcus Hester
Hubert
Sandra Ellis Lafferty
Mrs. Ponder
Steve Earle
Carlton
Stephen Gevedon
Grandfather
Tim Ware
Store Manager
Diana Lenska
Leonard's Grandmother
Tom Gilroy
Mr. Anderson
Robin Mullins
Mother
Colin Dennard
Wesley
Fred Galle
Patient
David Burris
Director / Producer
Shane Danielsen
Writer
Ron Rash
Writer
Todd J. Labarowski
Producer
Michael Wrenn
Producer
The World Made Straight Ratings & Reviews
Vague Visages
Q.V. Hough
"'The World Made Straight' is essentially a poor man's 'Out of the Furnace'... Still, it's a memorable spotlight for the always-mesmerizing Minka Kelly."
Behind The Lens
Debbie Lynn Elias
A microcosmic microscopic examination of introspection...a slow, methodical, atmospheric burn that celebrates the gravitas of performances from the likes of Jeremy Irvine and Noah Wyle.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
Gets drunk on its own solemn resonance and turns its intriguing elements of tragic fate and warps them into eye crossed foolishness.
Epoch Times
Mark Jackson
The Civil War was about the South not wanting to give up its slaves. Now it won't give up its drugs. 'Rednecks and drugs: one of the worst hookups of the '60s.'
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tirdad Derakhshani
The film illustrates how the most powerful and welcome stabilizing forces in human life - history, family, geography - can turn so easily into deadly traps.
Common Sense Media
Sandie Angulo Chen
Mature coming-of-age adaptation has violence, drugs.
Movie Chambers
Paul Chambers
Yes, this is one of those low-budget gems you're always hearing about. Sub-par production values, certainly. But an intriguing story with excellent acting.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
There's an authenticity to the characters and the atmosphere in this deliberately paced drama.
The Dissolve
Vadim Rizov
For all the good intentions and native hands behind the camera, The World Set Straight never seems particularly credible or convincing as a fresh look at regional history.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
A strong sense of place emerges, if not a consuming narrative, as the filmmaker strains to connect a 1970s coming-of-age story to historical records and bigger thematic arcs - namely, bloodlines and bloodshed in a rural community.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
An overcooked adaptation of a novel by Ron Rash.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
The performances are strong... and Earle is particularly memorable. The film glows with a dark energy when he's on screen. But it's too long, has a musical soundtrack that's often intrusive, and sometimes sags when it should be taut with tension
Film Journal International
Frank Lovece
[The World Made Straight has] unerringly true performances and an almost documentary grasp of life in 1970s Appalachia.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Jeremy Irvine is the sympathetic focus, but it's Noah Wyle who holds the movie together, as a former teacher who lost his job through a malicious student's prank.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Fine performances compensate for the overwrought elements of this rural-set drama.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
This evenly paced drama holds interest with its uneasy character dynamics, interesting milieu and effective performances, though a story so frequently on the verge of violence ought to build more tension than Burris manages.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Though the film, based on a Ron Rash novel, doesn't quite deliver on all its grim portents, debut director David Burris creates a neo-Faulknerian atmosphere of indelible sin in a story that rises above clich.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A palpable sense of environment and strong performances from Noah Wyle and musician Steve Earle can't balance the extensive flaws in this unconvincing Appalachian melodrama.
Village Voice
Michael Nordine
That's an intriguing question about life and fate, albeit one this film - about a chance discovery setting off an old vendetta - doesn't fully see through.
Slant Magazine
Sean Nam
The moody lighting and the ubiquity of deciduous trees provide a canvas for bracing drama, but the film undoes itself by its desire to impart revelatory history lessons.
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