Straw Dogs (2011) (R)
synopsis
David and Amy Summer, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts reemerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, leading to a violent confrontation.
details
Drama
1 hr. 45 min.
Opened September 16th, 2011
MovieGoer Review
Why on earth would anyone want to remake Straw Dogs? Sam Peckinpah's original film, released in 1971, is a provocative, disconcerting examination of man's basest impulses. Its violence, a source of some controversy when it was released, see... MORE
synopsis
David and Amy Summer, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts reemerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, leading to a violent confrontation.
details
Drama
1 hr. 45 min.
Opened September 16th, 2011
MovieGoer Review
Why on earth would anyone want to remake Straw Dogs? Sam Peckinpah's original film, released in 1971, is a provocative, disconcerting examination of man's basest impulses. Its violence, a source of some controversy when it was released, see... MORE
