Big Stone Gap

Name: Big Stone Gap
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: October 9, 2015
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Ashley Judd, Jane Krakowski, Jenna Elfman, John Benjamin Hickey

2015

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Picturehouse | Release Date: October 9, 2015 | PG-13

Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Ashley Judd, Jane Krakowski, Jenna Elfman, John Benjamin Hickey, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg

Summary: A story centered around a transitional point in the life of Ave Maria Mulligan, the heart of her community in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.

Director: Adriana Trigiani

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 103 min

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RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Oct 9, 2015

The movie ambles along amiably enough for a while; it’s better if you are a fan of one or more members of the cast. Read full review

Molly Eichel

Oct 8, 2015

The plot itself has little momentum, and what should feel dramatic instead feels inert. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Oct 7, 2015

Long on heart if short on surprises, Big Stone Gap is an easygoing visit to small-town America. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Oct 8, 2015

Featuring a stellar cast apparently seeking to prove that they're interested in being popular in red states as well as blue, Big Stone Gap goes down relatively easy, but it contains lots of empty calories. Read full review

A.A. Dowd

Oct 7, 2015

The result is at once labor of love and cautionary tale: Apparently too close to the story to recognize how ill suited she was to translating its charms to the screen, Trigiani has emerged with nothing but corny, stilted Americana, like something Garrison Keillor might burp out on a really off day. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Oct 14, 2015

The film is as thin as a picture postcard. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Oct 8, 2015

The intended charms of the down-home period piece/Southern comedy/romance/drama Big Stone Gap were utterly lost on me. Read full review

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TVJerry

Oct 14, 2015

Ashley Judd plays a single woman in her small Wise County community, who's facing big changes in her life. While there is a sprinkling of "characters" populating the titular Virginia town (most notably a big floozy Jenna Elfman and stereotypically sassy Whoppi Goldberg), this is basically aAshley Judd plays a single woman in her small Wise County community, who's facing big changes in her life. While there is a sprinkling of "characters" populating the titular Virginia town (most notably a big floozy Jenna Elfman and stereotypically sassy Whoppi Goldberg), this is basically a romance between Judd and the always dreamy Patrick Wilson. There's a fun energy that keeps the film moving, but it's trying too hard to capture the sweet, quirky charms of a small Southern town. Adriana Trigiani adapted her novel into the screenplay and directed, but any appeal that the book may offer is rendered rather bland and even corny.… Expand

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equinoxia

Oct 14, 2015

all you need to know about this stinker is that the main character's name is "Ave Maria Mulligan." if that's not enough to signal its odiousness, then you should have your sniffer checked.

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