Redemption Road
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Directed by | Mario Van Peebles |
Written by | Morgan Simpson George Richards |
Story by | Morgan Simpson |
Produced by | Jeff Balis Rhoades Rader Morgan Simpson |
Starring | Michael Clarke Duncan Morgan Simpson Kiele Sanchez Taryn Manning Luke Perry Tom Skerritt |
Cinematography | Matthew Irving |
Edited by | Mark Conte |
Music by | Tree Adams |
Production companies | Liberty Road Entertainment Heavy Duty Entertainment MVP Films |
Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing[1] |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.3 million[2] |
Box office | $29,384[2] |
Redemption Road (also Black, White and Blues) is a 2010 American film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Michael Clarke Duncan and Luke Perry.
Premise
In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his inheritance from his recently deceased grandfather.
Cast
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Augy
- Morgan Simpson as Bailey
- Luke Perry as Boyd
- Tom Skerritt as Santa
- Taryn Manning as Jackie
- Kiele Sanchez as Hannah
- Melvin Van Peebles as Elmo
- Cassandra Lawson as Bailey’s Young Mother
Release
After it played at film festivals such as the Nashville Film Festival and Hollywood Film Festival in 2010, it received a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 26, 2011.[3]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 57% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[4] On Metacritic it has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5] Joe Leydon of Variety called it an "emotionally satisfying tale about a young man in need of a mentor and an older fellow in search of forgiveness."[6] Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "battling-buddy road movie [that] carries viewers on an entertaining ride into blues country."[7] Kimberley Jones of the Austin Chronicle rated it 1 out of 5 stars and called it a mawkish melodrama sunk by Simpson's poor acting.[8]
References
- ↑ [1] Freestyle Releasing - Redemption Road
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Redemption Road (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ↑ Obenson, Tambay (2011-07-22). "Mario Van Peebles' "Black, White And Blues," Gets New Title + Theatrical Release Date". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ "Redemption Road (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ↑ "Redemption Road". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Leydon, Joe (2010-05-10). "Review: 'Black, White and Blues'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Byrge, Duane (2010-10-20). "Black, White and Blues – Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
- ↑ Jones, Kimberley (2011-08-26). "Redemption Road". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
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