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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:23

Rotten:11

Average Rating:6.1/10

Consensus: This atmospheric tour of the Deep South is both quirky and lovely.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Jul 13, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: In this magnificent cinematic film, the acclaimed Alternative Country artist Jim White takes us on an entrancing journey into the heart of the culture of the southern USA, a culture too poor and... In this magnificent cinematic film, the acclaimed Alternative Country artist Jim White takes us on an entrancing journey into the heart of the culture of the southern USA, a culture too poor and marginalized to register as important yet extraordinarily rich in creative spirit. In the classic road movie genre, Jim in his battered old car - complete with a concrete Jesus statue bought from a wrecker's junkyard - probes the 'Ulan Bator' of America, as he calls it, from the backwater swamps to the backwood mountains, searching for the wellspring of the culture of the South, bringing viewers along for the ride. This journey is a chain of Southern Stories, each told in various forms and filmed on location. Featuring live performances by White and other stars of the new Alternative Country scene, including The Handsome Family, Johnny Dowd, David Johansen, 16 Horsepower, and mesmerizing Southern preachers as well as funny, gritty, profound stories from celebrated Southern writer Harry Crews. Jim White's own story threads through the film, tracing his search for the meaning of faith in the modern world in the haunting atmosphere of the South: still a remarkably fertile territory for an artist. Or as Jim White puts it, he’s "looking for the gold tooth in God's crooked smile". -- © Films Transit International [More]

Starring: Jim White, Harry Crews, David Johansen, Johnny Dowd

Starring: Jim White, Harry Crews, David Johansen, Johnny Dowd, 16 Horsepower, Lee Sexton

Director: Andrew Douglas

Director: Andrew Douglas
Studio: Films Transit International

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08/16/07
Dave Calhoun
Dave Calhoun
Time Out New York

To say the film lingers in the mind like a nightmare is not to say it is unpleasant.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Eric Monder
Eric Monder
Film Journal International

The music was fine; the tour was suspect.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
05/29/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's a slow, ponderous film -- too slow and too ponderous, maybe -- but an intriguing one, often funny, sometimes unnerving, and altogether hard to forget.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
05/05/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Calling this a documentary is a bit of a misnomer, as Douglas splices staged music numbers into his travelogue footage to paint his surreal homage to the Deep South

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
02/10/06
John A. Nesbit
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02/09/06
Time Out

The stories, usually told by white men, grow banal, and the richness of White's world increasingly seems limited in scope . . . seems racially myopic.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment Comment
01/21/06
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

White says you can’t really understand the South if its not in your blood, and he’s probably right. But the film does an admirable job trying to give us a transfusion.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
11/10/05
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

According to this, there are only 3 types of people in the South: the sinners on the road to hell, the religious fanatics praying for them, and the people who sing about both.

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
10/25/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The soundtrack, which includes Lee Sexton, The Handsome Family and others, is full of haunting Southern sounds; the camera work is inventive; and the interviews give you an off-center sense of place that equals at least one aspect of the South.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
10/20/05
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is one of those movie-long non sequiturs where, though one thought does not logically follow another, we know what is meant.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
10/07/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
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10/01/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Andrew Douglas' meandering documentary Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus contains fantastic images--pictures that haven't been captured so intimately before.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
09/26/05
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders
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08/20/05
Jam! Movies

A portrait of rural America as beautiful as it is bizarre.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/12/05
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

Brooding, often beautiful tone poem of a documentary.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
08/07/05
Sheri Linden
Sheri Linden
Boxoffice Magazine

The atmosphere conveyed is possibly too vivid. By the time the movie is over, you'll probably feel the need to take a shower just to scrub off the lingering, psychic grime.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
08/05/05
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The soundtrack [provides] the brooding Southern atmosphere that sometimes eludes Douglas on this beautifully shot but strangely distant road trip.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
08/05/05
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

This is the only film I have seen that captures a true essence of the South's unique if odd beauty.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
08/04/05
Lindy T. Shepherd
Lindy T. Shepherd
Orlando Weekly

Succeeds in being both awestruck and affectionate, rather than mocking in tone.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
08/03/05
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