Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Gre da Vid You have to wonder why and how step-brothers can hate one another to the point of death. This story will tell you how.

jinola10 I watched this movie after watching Jeff Nichols' next movie TAKE SHELTER. One thing that I think Nichols does well - like Paul Thomas Anderson - is creating the atmosphere for a story that has only one possible outcome - a bad one. That sense of dread in a movie means you HAVE to stay and see what happens. In SHOTGUN STORIES, Nichols - along with his cast, including Michael Shannon, manage to capture a futility of American existence - almost Godot-esque. The three men, at the centre of the piece are called Boy, Son & Kid. These boys were not handed out a winning hand at the start.At the centre of the story is a family dispute - more specifically, a step-family dispute - that comes to the fore at a funeral. In that scene alone you get a great sense of how the actions of one man can still hurt many people down the years.I enjoyed this film - but I don't think everyone will. Atmospherically, excellent, and the story within is a good one for anyone with skeletons in their own family closet - however - it feels a little long in places - and I'm not sure how satisfied people will be with the ending once it arrives - I wasn't - but I enjoyed it.

propanejoe2003 This guy , Woodward must have watched this movie in some drunken stupor. There is no Sewage pouring into any river. Its the catfish farm circulating pump. His blatant anti gun attitude seems to be more of a jealous streak that his country hasn't that freedom . There are no gun shots in the movie, no knives,and no lily pads rotting. What a rube. He has no conception of Americana nor human nature. The movie asks you to really put yourself into the shoes of people in a non-dramatic life which most people live with something in the past of the main character that we can only speculate as does several minor characters during the film. What a sleeper this film is and I am glad to see some of the actors continuing to work in cinema.

Z DDT This was a great film. I expected slow and uninteresting. But I really loved it. Michael Shannon is a stud. This guy is going to be huge. Great performance. I'm shocked he didn't get Oscar nod consideration for this - but given the apparent lack of viewers, it's understandable I supposed. Nichols has a great script. He sticks to his desire to battle convention and really let the story unfold slowly. I was really impressed. I've read other comments on here about people becoming frustrated with the nod to Terrence Malick - and I completely understand that, and I suspect there will be several more nods to Malick thanks to the NC School of the Arts, but this was a great movie. I've been watching David Gordon Green's movies this week and now this one - and they both attended the same school and I suspect there was a lot of Malick-like influence from the professors.