Coldwater

Name: Coldwater
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: August 15, 2014
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 45

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Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: August 15, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Brad Lunders (P.J. Boudousqué) is a teenager forcefully abducted from his home in the middle of the night by his mother’s consent to a harsh wilderness reform facility. There is no contact with the outside world and the retired war colonel in charge prides himself on breaking an inmate’s spirit in order to correct delinquent behavior. As weBrad Lunders (P.J. Boudousqué) is a teenager forcefully abducted from his home in the middle of the night by his mother’s consent to a harsh wilderness reform facility. There is no contact with the outside world and the retired war colonel in charge prides himself on breaking an inmate’s spirit in order to correct delinquent behavior. As we learn of the tragic events that led to Brad’s arrival, unforeseen circumstances threaten to tear the already eroding reform facility apart, forcing Brad to confront not only his fellow inmates and the personnel in charge, but finally his own sense of what is right and what is wrong.… Expand

Director: Vincent Grashaw

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Apr 30, 2018

Coldwater lives or dies by the dynamic between Boudousqué and Burns ebbing and flowing from nemeses to partners and back again as the latter begins to lose control. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 16, 2014

Grashaw's convincing drama distills this underexposed world into the story of a single young man trying to survive a system designed to break him. Read full review

The Playlist Katie Walsh

Aug 26, 2014

For a first time feature outing, Coldwater is a fine effort from Grashaw, and the setting feels fresh and new. It's an original take on a coming of age, young masculinity tale, but ultimately, it doesn't quite live up to all of its potential. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Aug 12, 2014

Coldwater is almost boastfully grim. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Aug 15, 2014

The final act of Coldwater is horrendously misguided, the kind of insincere melodrama that erases the memory of what came before. It’s a particular shame because there’s an hour of decent filmmaking here. Read full review

Mike Scott

Aug 15, 2014

Boudousque is young yet, and so he has room to grow as an actor, but he's got nothing but upside to him at this point. It'll be fun to watch his career grow from here. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

Aug 11, 2014

It comes as no surprise that writer-director Vincent Grashaw wrote the first draft of this movie soon after graduating high school. Read full review

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ugisupriatna

Aug 27, 2014

"Coldwater" has a potential concept, it could be a such remarkable prison thriller-drama film if it keeps tension and dark atmosphere deeper and develop it more and more until being like a time bomb. In fact, the tension comes immediately and makes the plot little bit confusing and dropped"Coldwater" has a potential concept, it could be a such remarkable prison thriller-drama film if it keeps tension and dark atmosphere deeper and develop it more and more until being like a time bomb. In fact, the tension comes immediately and makes the plot little bit confusing and dropped instantaneously at the ending. However, "Coldwater" still gives us an interesting stuff to watch.… Expand

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LeZee

Oct 4, 2015

When a reform camp becomes a torture chamber...

The concept was inspired by the real, but I was not expecting a camp like this practically exist. I mean, I'm familiar with juvenile detention and reform centres, not something like this. It was more like an another American thing,When a reform camp becomes a torture chamber...

The concept was inspired by the real, but I was not expecting a camp like this practically exist. I mean, I'm familiar with juvenile detention and reform centres, not something like this. It was more like an another American thing, especially for kids with the tough attitude and of course who are a junkie. The institution is not the issue, but privatisation was the.

You might have heard it a million times that PJ Boudousque was looked alike Ryan Gosling. I thought he was related to him, but he was not. Anyway, it was a perfect launch, might have not an overwhelmed movie, but he got a chance to appear in a proficient role for the first time in front of the camera.

A fair quality product for half a million budgets. Slightly a weak narration, especially after a fine first and third act, I felt something was missing in between. I was anticipating a strong conclusion, but it was way stronger and unexpectedly a violent just like 'Bellflower'. I think worth a watch if you limit your expectation.

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