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Down to the Dirt (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
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Joel Thomas Hyne's acclaimed novel about a Newfoundland drug addict's attempts to make sense of his own warped existence serves as the foundation for this poetic yet visceral addiction drama that stars the author himself as the damaged protagonist. Keith Kavanagh (Hyne) is a collection of contradictions; he's a coward, a bully, and a clown all at once, and his life is a mess of complicated relationships. Though he longs to start life anew somewhere else, he lacks the motivation to put any

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

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Directed By: Justin Simms

Mongrel Media

Cast

Joel Thomas Hynes
Keith Kavanagh
Myl�ne Savoie
Natasha Healy
Robert Joy
Robert Kavanagh
Hugh Dillon
Renny
Sherry White
Sally Anne
Jody Richardson
Francey O'Dea
Mary Lewis
Nora Healy
Phil Churchill
Andy O'Toole
Paula Morgan
Mavis Kavanaugh
Steve Cochrane
Mitch

Critic Reviews for Down to the Dirt

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (3)

We know how his story will unfold.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Patricia Hluchy

Toronto Star

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By the time the movie finally gets round to the narrator enumerating the life lessons learned, viewers may already be sleeping it off.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

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The movie, directed by first-timer Simms, gets really interesting -- in a squalid, darkly humorous, Atlantic Canada Gothic kinda way.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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James Adams

Globe and Mail

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Many viewers will find time spent with this hapless screw-up two hours too many, but the pic does at least partly capture the source material's rambunctious gallows humor.

September 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

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Hynes is really effective as Keith, at ease with the rude, raw material that's drawn from his own past, and he manages to be charismatic even at his most down and dirty.

December 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

...an uncommonly disagreeable effort that's destined to turn off most mentally-stable viewers.

September 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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This film is a depressing coming-of-age story based upon Newfoundland author Joel Hynes' first novel. It's gritty and dirty in the depiction of the main character's plummet from small community- troubled teen to a drug and alcohol addicted young man bent on self destruction.The author portrays the main character quite

October 3, 2009

Audrey Lush

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