The World Made Straight

Name: The World Made Straight
Genre: Drama
Released: January 9, 2015
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 48

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Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: January 9, 2015 | R

Summary: In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, young and rebellious Travis Shelton (Jeremy Irvine) finds himself ensnared in the violence of the past and the subtle evils of the present.

Director: David Burris

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 119 min

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Mick LaSalle

Jan 8, 2015

Jeremy Irvine is the sympathetic focus, but it’s Noah Wyle who holds the movie together, as a former teacher who lost his job through a malicious student’s prank. Smart, self-possessed and capable, this fellow nonetheless carries himself with an awareness of some underlying guilt. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Jan 7, 2015

Though the film, based on a Ron Rash novel, doesn’t quite deliver on all its grim portents, debut director David Burris creates a neo-Faulknerian atmosphere of indelible sin in a story that rises above cliché. As Wyle’s character puts it, “The South was never one thing.” Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan 9, 2015

The movie never entirely rises to the height of its ambitions, though: there are moments when you can practically hear it straining to impart significance to what is, in the end, a fairly standard sensitive-young-criminal-in-over-his-head story. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jan 8, 2015

This evenly paced drama holds interest with its uneasy character dynamics, interesting milieu and effective performances, though a story so frequently on the verge of violence ought to build more tension than Burris manages. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Jan 8, 2015

The film's saving grace is its fine performances. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Jan 8, 2015

The finale, in which blood rivalries are redressed in an absurdly literal manner, fatally strains credulity. Read full review

Sean Nam

Jan 5, 2015

The moody lighting and the ubiquity of deciduous trees provide a canvas for bracing drama, but the film undoes itself by its desire to impart revelatory history lessons. Read full review

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smiyamot

Nov 18, 2016

An interesting story line about the Hatfields and McCoys type families and how their feuding and killing affect their offspring today. On a parallel story line, we see life in the hills today through the eyes of an educated descendant, and his attempt at redemption and understanding of his "kin."

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