As I Lay Dying
2013 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 5.2 · 44% critics
A poor Mississippi family sets out by horse and wagon to honor a final burial wish, but the short journey turns into a punishing ordeal. As hardship after hardship hits, the trip becomes a bleak portrait of grief, duty, and survival.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-10-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 (85 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re open to heavy, literary Southern dramas with a grim mood, somewhere near Child of God; Not for you if you want a fast, easy-to-follow, crowd-pleasing road story.
Pros: strong performances; vivid period atmosphere; emotionally raw story | Cons: slow pace; hard-to-follow narration; distracting split-screen style
Themes
- based on novel or book
- southern usa
- rural area
- poverty
- burial
- mississippi
Cast & crew
James Franco
as Darl Bundren
Danny McBride
as Vernon Tull
Logan Marshall-Green
as Jewel
Ahna O'Reilly
as Dewey Dell
Jim Parrack
as Cash
Tim Blake Nelson
as Anse
Beth Grant
as Addie Bundren
- JH
Jennifer Kristen Howell
as Cora Tull
Brady Permenter
as Vardaman Bundren
- NM
Natalie Minton
as Kate Tull
Directed by James Franco