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The Locusts

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The Locusts (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 9

Fresh: 2

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A domestic potboiler set in the claustrophobic backwater environs of a Kansas stockyard, circa 1960, where family matriarch Delilah Potts rides herd over the husky hired hands who drift in and out of her employment. Among them is... A domestic potboiler set in the claustrophobic backwater environs of a Kansas stockyard, circa 1960, where family matriarch Delilah Potts rides herd over the husky hired hands who drift in and out of her employment. Among them is sensitive Clay, who befriends Delilah's emotionally disturbed son-with-a-secret and tries to free him from her despotic grasp. [More]

Starring: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd

Starring: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer, Ashley Judd, Jessica Capshaw

Director: John Patrick Kelley

Director: John Patrick Kelley
Composer: Carter Burwell
Screenwriter: John Patrick Kelley
Producer: Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, Bradley Thomas

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Mar 19, 2002

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - Enlish

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. U.S. Theatrical Trailer

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A pointless drama set on cattle feedlot

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A waste of film, and a waste of time.

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It's hot, it's sultry and everybody's smokin' in the rural Kansas of The Locusts. Too bad the movie never catches fire.

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John Patrick Kelley, both the author and director of The Locusts, indulges himself constantly.

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