A Country Called Home

5.9
2016 1 hr 30 min Drama

Ellie is a 27-year old whose life is far from where she imagined it to be. Filled with annoying friends, a self-involved boyfriend, and a career that she can’t bring herself to pursue, Ellie feels detached from her life. When she learns that her estranged alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to a small town in Texas. While dealing with the logistical arrangements of her father’s death Ellie has to confront what happens when the structures and safety nets we build for ourselves come undone.

  • Cast:
    Imogen Poots , Mackenzie Davis , Mary McCormack , Ryan Bingham , June Squibb , Shea Whigham , Joe Stevens

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Reviews

Karry
2016/02/26

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Odelecol
2016/02/27

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Suman Roberson
2016/02/28

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

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Taha Avalos
2016/02/29

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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rzahn43
2016/03/01

It's really amazing that it took so many people to make such a lousy film. I gave it a one rating because the cinematography is actually pretty good.

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Syl
2016/03/02

If Mary McCormack wasn't in the film, I probably would have left it at the library sale. I actually enjoyed the performances by the entire cast. Imogen Poots played Ellie Edwards, a Los Angeles aspiring furniture designer, who gets the dreaded phone call about her estranged father in Texas. He died as she trying to get there. She meets her grandparents for the first time. June Squibb did a great job playing Grandma. Mary McCormack's performance as Amanda is quite credible and believable. Mackenzie Davis' performance as Reno is quite a surprise too. The film handled the friendship between Ellie and Reno with class and restraint. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles and in Texas. The memorial service is unforgettable. Ellie spends the film trying to connect with complete strangers. She also tries to deal with the painful loss of her father.

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Reno Rangan
2016/03/03

A feel good indie film. I expected a complete drama, probably realistic and nothing more. It was slightly hopping around with different genres. Yeah, there were some fun, though how the tale had begun and how the rest of the narration shaped up was not so blendful. A young woman returns home after learning about her father's sudden death. It was the first visit after many years, especially since her mother's death. She also for the first time meets her grandparents. This trip is a different experience. The short stay extents, and then she meets Reno, a singer who stuck in the plac due to her mother. From there how the rest of the story unfolds is told decently.It had characters, the great ones. The story too, but not all the scenes were so great. Particularly Reno made this film a bit cheerful. Usually indie films are one-off, but I thought they should make another one. Because feels there's more to add to it, like a road trip, followed by the rest of their lifeline in LA. Or maybe a prequel seems good too. If you like drama films, you would enjoy it. But not for everyone. Imogen was good, I liked somebody like her accepted the role. Then Mackenzie Davis and others too were good. Not many people had seen it, for that reason itself, it deserves to be watched. Forget the film critics, just try it and rate it.7/10

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fluffset
2016/03/04

I really like movies about some modern day western country in America that doesn't really have high tall building, not a lot of car, not a lot of people and everything. I really love "Nebraska" and I think this movie got the same feel too. Its relaxing, smooth and I love to hear the Texas slang they talk, it sounds really cool. Even though its like the same old movie from America, about a girl from a broken family, who need to get back to her old town that she leave a long time ago when she just find out that her bad dad is dead. I think the story is OK, its like kind of play safe because there is not really much drama, just the same old thing, you will know if you've watch a lot of this kind of movie. I really like the tomboy character played by Mackenzie Davis, she is really good, I thought she is really a man at first but yeah, he is a girl and she got a really nice voice to hear every time she speak. Overall, its a nice movie to watch with your family. Its so relaxing, though.

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