Chalk

Name: Chalk
Released: August 25, 2000
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 57

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Tenderloin Action Group | Release Date: August 25, 2000

Summary: This gritty drama focuses on the misfits who hang out in a rundown California pool hall.

Director: Rob Nilsson

Runtime: 134 min

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Roger Ebert

Chalk is not the kind of movie many people will appreciate at first viewing. You have to understand who Nilsson and his actors are, and give some thought to the style, to appreciate it. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

Difficult but rewarding. Read full review

Amy Taubin

What gives the film extra weight is the sense that these are not just actors trying to enhance their careers but real people seizing a chance for immortality. Read full review

Peter Stack

Has unusual visual vitality in a John Cassavetes vein. For the adventurous, it's worth checking out. Read full review

Edvin Beitiks

An impressive low-whistle, hardscrabble look at the world of pool sharks and the people who crisscross their lives. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Finally fails to escape the conventions of the Hollywood cinema it so proudly deplores. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Emerges as an artful, courageous, experimental work that is as compelling as it is impaired. Read full review

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