Rich Hill

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As compassionate as it is infuriating, Rich Hill offers a sobering glimpse of American poverty. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

The turbulent lives of three boys living in a poor Midwestern town, and the fragile bonds that sustain them.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Producer:

Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos, David Armillei
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 7, 2016
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Dinky Pictures

Cast & Crew

Alyssa Jewell

Andrew Jewell

Elizabeth Jewell

Willie Jewell

Andrew Droz Palermo
Director

Tracy Droz Tragos
Director

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Critic Reviews for Rich Hill

All Critics (51) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (8)

In this life, people limit their dreams to what you can find at the dollar store.

September 4, 2014 | Full Review…

J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
The confluence of poverty, dysfunctional parenting and poor educational prospects makes the oft-idealized small-town life look like an incubator for failure, no matter how high and spectacular the Fourth of July fireworks fly.

August 22, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
One moment, you're wincing; the next, you're shaking your head in sympathy.

August 21, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Lickona
San Diego Reader
The spare, haunting score and intimate use of the camera brings us directly into the desperate lives of a country's poorest people, struggling to find even occasional pride and sense of belonging.

August 21, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
"Rich Hill" doesn't just make you feel like you know these boys; it makes you care about them.

August 21, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
What makes this elegy worth watching is the unfettered access to Andrew, Appachey and Harley, teenagers who are dealing with a hardscrabble existence in which role models are nowhere in sight.

August 21, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

David Wiegand
San Francisco Chronicle
The documentary offers a close-up view of abject poverty and the wanton demolition of precious lives.

February 26, 2021 | Full Review…

Joanne Laurier
World Socialist Web Site
There are too many moments when it feels like they achieve that intimacy at the expense of the children in question.

September 21, 2020 | Rating: 2.0/4.0 | Full Review…

Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
[A] terribly human, fitfully funny but always empathetic portrait...

June 18, 2020 | Full Review…

David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
Rich Hill still makes for a well-done documentary. With over 450 hours of footage, Editor Jim Hession cuts it down to a well-paced 90 minutes.

May 30, 2019 | Rating: 6.9/10 | Full Review…

C.J. Prince
Way Too Indie
At times, Rich Hill has the vibe of an Errol Morris-esque portrait of small-town oddballs, but there is also an ethnographical bleakness to this portrait of angry boys.

March 17, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Daniel Barnes
Dare Daniel
Its beauty also suggests a plea to the viewer: how do you keep America beautiful?

August 31, 2018 | Full Review…

Pat Padua
DCist

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