At Close Range (1986)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 13 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Synopsis:
Two brothers are stuck in an impoverished household in rural Pennsylvania with their mother and grandmother. Their father, a notorious ne'er do well and professional criminal, drifts in every now and then to leave them some money, but he never stays. The boys are intrigued by their father and... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Tracey Walter
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06/24/06 04:17 AM
Though beginning as a tale about alienated youth, the film quickly devolves into a melodrama of a son (Sean Penn) corrupted by his own father (Christopher Walken) in a valueless world.
11/24/04 08:37 AM
A riveting film about murder, the father-son relationship gone bad and the high cost of rejecting the view that might makes right.
08/26/04 02:10 PM
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