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Briar Patch (alternatively titled Plain Dirty) is a 2002 American romantic thriller drama film directed by Zev Berman, starring Dominique Swain, Henry Thomas, Arie Verveen, James Urbaniak and Karen Allen.[1]
| Briar Patch | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Zev Berman |
| Written by | Deborah Pryor |
| Produced by | Sam Froelich Andrea Magder |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Scot Kevan |
| Edited by | Martin Apelbaum Wayde Faust Eric Strand |
| Music by | Nathan Barr |
Production companies | Down Home Entertainment Tonic Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Dominique Swain as Inez Macbeth
- Henry Thomas as Edgar Macbeth
- Arie Verveen as Flowers
- James Urbaniak as Druden Hunt
- Karen Allen as Butcher Lee
- Debra Monk as Officer Avon
- Blake Lindsley as Raeburn
Reception
editContactmusic.com gave the film a rating of 2/5 wrote, "This boring melodrama has little going for it, proving once again that no one will ever give Swain the chance to appear in a movie that doesn't suck out loud."[2]
Film Threat wrote that the film is "so bleak that it actually fails to satisfy, and sympathy is hard to come by for any of the characters, let alone Inez."[3]
Scott Foundas of Variety called the film a "Southern Gothic melodrama so deep-fried you can just about feel your arteries hardening", and wrote that it "might have worked as a rollicking Tennessee Williams send-up, if only the filmmakers weren’t so unwaveringly straight-faced."[4]
References
edit- ^ McClain, Buzz (29 March 2004). "Plain Dirty". Video Business. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Plain Dirty". Contactmusic.com. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "BRIAR PATCH". Film Threat. 5 May 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ Foundas, Scott (18 February 2003). "Briar Patch". Variety. Retrieved 29 September 2023.