Back Roads
2018 · Movie · 101 min · ★ 5.8 · 48% critics
After their mother is sent to prison for killing their abusive father, a young man puts his own future on hold to raise his three younger sisters in a struggling rural community. When he begins a risky relationship with a neighbor, long-buried family wounds and secrets resurface, pushing everyone to a breaking point.
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2019-11-15
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 48/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (60 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a dark, gritty family drama with a crime edge and heavy emotions, in the vein of Winter's Bone; Not for you if you need a fast pace, a feel-good mood, or lighter themes.
Pros: intense emotional drama; strong performances; gripping slow-burn tension | Cons: relentlessly bleak tone; very slow pacing; uncomfortable sexual content
Themes
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- abusive father
- family secrets
- murder
- backwoods
- coal town
Cast & crew
Alex Pettyfer
as Harley Altmyer
Jennifer Morrison
as Callie Mercer
Nicola Peltz
as Amber Altmyer
June Carryl
as Betty
Juliette Lewis
as Bonnie Altmyer
Tom Everett Scott
as Brad Mercer
Danika Yarosh
as Ashlee
Robert Patrick
as Chief Mansour
Sky Elobar
as Church
Chiara Aurelia
as Misty Altmyer
Directed by Alex Pettyfer