Welcome To Pine Hill (2012)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
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Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
No consensus yet.
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WELCOME TO PINE HILL is an extension of Miller's earlier short film PRINCE/WILLIAM about an unexpected encounter surrounding a lost dog. Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, PINE HILL follows that short's protagonist Shannon, a reformed drug dealer who is now an insurance claims adjuster, in the days following a grim medical diagnosis. Shannon, portrayed in an extraordinarily intimate performance by first time actor Shannon Harper, sets out to make peace with those around him and
Cast
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Shannon Harper
Abu -
Jaiden Kaine
Jay -
Mary Meyers
Taxi Driver -
Keith Miller
Keith -
Landon Van Soest
Interviewee #1 -
Katie Vitale
Interviewee #2 -
Ernest Bastien
Dealer Friend -
Brian Ketover
Doctor -
Maria Mogavero
Interviewee #3 -
Ronnit Keha
Interviewee #4 -
Lily Jayne
Brooklyn Bartender -
B.J. Rubin
Brooklyn Barback -
Manuel Maya
Taxi Driver -
Jelisha Gatling
Interviewee #5 -
David Williams
Old Faithful -
Mark Anthony Hackett
Fulton -
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Willie Meyers
Loosie Seller -
Margaret Meyers
Miss Margaret -
Jay Williams
Loan Shark -
Crystal Orthodoxou
Diner Waitress -
Thom Jude
White Guy in Dinner -
Mark Read
Hiker in Pine Hill Bar -
Kenneth Barnett
Bar Patron #1 -
Amanda Bowie
Bar Patron #2 -
Marcus B. Hougen
Bar Patron #3 -
Ronicka Manon
Bar Patron #4 -
Thomas A. Filupet, Jr.
Bar Patron #5 -
Chris Daloritz
Bar Patron #6 -
Steve Witte
Pine Hill Bartender -
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1)
At times the improvised dialogue seems too schematic and superfluous, especially in view of such exploratory and observant handheld camera work. Otherwise, though, this is wonderful stuff.
Top CriticA tender cinema verite take on one man's quest for spiritual redemption.
Writer-director Keith Miller's existential tone and Harper's gentle approach and giant soul turn this New York story with a final twist into something special.
[It] relies on understatement and indirection to arrive at a powerful and resonant meaning.
Welcome to Pine Hill precariously navigates the line between representing the perspective of a black male and projecting a white man's guilt onto it.
An intimate and existential character study of a man out of place with his past, himself, and his surroundings...it never quite coalesces as deeply as it hopes to, but this spiritual tale of redemption resonates.
Keith Miller doesn't always trust the fluency of his visual language, occasionally forcing a point that's already being captured.
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