Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:33 pm
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Saarsgard, Mary Steenburgen, Kelly Macdonald, Ned Beatty, John Sayles, Levon Helm, Pruitt Taylor Vance.
Dir: Bertrand Tavernier
Set in post-Katrina Louisiana bayou country, legendary French director Tavernier’s first American film went straight to DVD in the U.S. Such a fate would tend to make one think the film wasn’t any good when in fact it’s a nicely plotted, and effectively acted thriller about a string of grizzly murders taking place in and around a movie shoot.
Tommy Lee Jones just keeps getting better but without a theatrical release in the U.S. there won't be any awards for this one.
Oscar Prospects: None
Grade: B
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Saarsgard, Mary Steenburgen, Kelly Macdonald, Ned Beatty, John Sayles, Levon Helm, Pruitt Taylor Vance.
Dir: Bertrand Tavernier
Set in post-Katrina Louisiana bayou country, legendary French director Tavernier’s first American film went straight to DVD in the U.S. Such a fate would tend to make one think the film wasn’t any good when in fact it’s a nicely plotted, and effectively acted thriller about a string of grizzly murders taking place in and around a movie shoot.
Tommy Lee Jones just keeps getting better but without a theatrical release in the U.S. there won't be any awards for this one.
Oscar Prospects: None
Grade: B