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Summary: Very good film
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A drifter (Vince Vaughn) befriends the son of a sultry widow's emotionally crippled twenty-one-year-old son, defying her efforts to keep the boy submissive.
I do not know most of the actors in this drama, they being of a different generation than I and therefore new to me, but the parts were well played and the story told held my attention, although there was little actual action involved. This is a psychological story, heavy with allegory and emotional undertones. Well worth viewing. Joseph (Joe) Pierre
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Summary: Simple and to the Touchingly Bizarre Point
Review: A big screen take on literary themes common to Steinbeck novels, this film will surely appeal to those with intense cravings for realist tradgedy. Jeremy Davies delivers a haunting performance as flyboy, a traumatized boy in a man's body, whose emaciated frame and reticence creates beautiful tension around which Vince Vaughn and Kate Capshaw's characters fight a strange moral battle. I found the setting conducive to the exposition of the mysterious inner worlds of all three main characters; each world is revealed in such a way as to maintain an exciting level of suspense. Simple and to the bizarre point, I don't think anything could have moved me more.
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Summary: For Vince Vaughn Fans
Review: A melodrama that must set a record for how many times the characters light cigarettes and sweat through their clothes. Vince Vaughn (an underrated and always interesting actor) gives another charismatic performance as a stranger who comes to a Southern town and stirs up the already disturbed locals. As you get toward the end, you can figure out what is going to happen, but the journey is bizarre enough to be interesting. For the female Vaughn fans, the steamy fully clothed "romance" scene between Vince and Ashley Judd's characters is worth the price of the video alone. Kate Capshaw's character is too over the top and there are some painfully obvious attempts at symbolism (bulls/steers). The DVD doesn't have anything extra on it.
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Summary: Nauseatingly depressing
Review: Don't get me wrong; I can appreciate depressing stuff, and sick and twisted isn't always such a bad thing either, but I literally felt ill after watching this. Maybe it's a credit to the cast, the director, the writer, etc. that they were able to provoke such a strong reaction, but it felt like they just threw in as many horrific ideas as they could think of to make it all as tragic as possible. I could barely stomach watching the repulsive, tortuous abuse heaped on poor Flyboy by his domineering monster of a mother. I wanted to strangle Kate Capshaw myself when this was over with.
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Summary: Atypical, Impressive
Review: Hollywood sometimes slips up and makes an excellent film. This is one of them. The beauty of the film is that it is never what you expect. The minute I saw Vaughn on the screen,I figured this was going to be a story about the usual "young drifter" having an affair with the lonely older woman, while secretly falling in love with the "girl next door." This is NOT that movie. Check it out.
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Summary: It's a very good movie
Review: I bought this movie on DIVX when it came out just to try my DVD player out and was glad I did. It turned out the be a great movie. I like all the actors/actresses in this movie.It keeps you wondering whats going to happen next. Hopefully it will come out on DVD. I think the soundtrack would be great too. If you can't think of a movie to watch tonight, try (The Locuts). You will enjoy it.
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Summary: Excellent Film That Grows On You
Review: I decided to watch this one night on Showtime 2 because, hey, it was late and I like Vince Vaughn's acting alot. I watched it and liked it alot. A good movie that sneaks up on you and surprises. Then I watched it again. Even better. I began to like the characters, notice the fine cinmetography and score. Then another time. Let me just say this, The Locusts grows on you. Im not saying its a masterpiece, but its an excellent film that has alot going for it. Vaughn and Jeremy Davies are excellent. Im very interested in what this first-time writer/director John Patrick Kelly does next. This film grows on you. I find myself watchin this movie two or three times a month. Its a really good film that deserves to be seen.
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Summary: SHADES OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS! THIS MOVIE ROCKS!
Review: I saw this movie in a Store and it looked interesting and I liked the actors in it so I figured I would give it a Shot! Boy, was I BLOWN AWAY! Why havent I heard about this movie before? This Movie was EXCELLENT! It amazes me that some of the reviewers here didnt like it! The Story definatley has the same feel as a Tennessee Williams Story. It it hard to talk about the plot without giving too much away but I will say that the movie deals with the bond between two men who form an unlikely friendship! The way their friendship progresses in this film is so paced perfectly! The one man is trying to escape his past and in the meantime is trying to help his much weaker friend escape his present! The film deals with Deep Dark and Ugly Family Secrets(Very Ugly Secrets) and I will admit that this is No Feel Good movie! But, if you love great character driven dramas with an edge, this film is for you! I LOVED IT!
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Summary: The Locusts
Review: I think this is one very interesting movie, with a different story I haven't seen. Impressive acting, and a great cast to add to it. After I watched it on my Dish Network, I bought the movie from Amazon.com where I found the best deal on price.
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Summary: Wonderful, twisted story of friendship!
Review: I watched this movie after watching a few other Vaughn movies and realizing how much I like him. The movie was better than I expected. Full of twists and turns I never knew what was going to happen next or what the BIG secret of the movie was(until it was revealed).Vaughn is wondeful as a drifter who befriends the town "Crazy."
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