Back Fork

2019 American film
  • Josh Stewart
  • A. J. Cook
  • Agnes Bruckner
  • Wade Williams
  • Dorothy Lyman
  • Doug Bradley
CinematographyEllie Ann FentonEdited byYaniv Dabach
Production
companies
Allegheny Image Factory
Back Fork Productions
Distributed byUncork'd Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)
Running time
98 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Back Fork is a 2019 American drama film directed by Josh Stewart, starring Josh Stewart, A. J. Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Wade Williams and Dorothy Lyman.

Plot

Once a hardworking family-man, Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and a destructive lifestyle.

Cast

  • Josh Stewart as Waylon
  • A. J. Cook as Nida
  • Agnes Bruckner as Rayleen
  • Wade Williams as Bill
  • Dorothy Lyman as Susie
  • Doug Bradley as Sheriff

Release

The film was released on 5 April 2019.[1]

Reception

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter praised Stewart's performance and wrote that while the film "doesn’t break any new ground either in terms of substance or style", it "packs a quiet punch".[1]

Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called the film "hushed, poetic and intimate", despite the fact that "we never get a sense of the characters’ true anguish and pain".[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Scheck, Frank (5 April 2019). "'Back Fork': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ Walsh, Katie (3 April 2019). "Review: Josh Stewart's 'Back Fork' is a beautiful, if muted, tale of the drug crisis in West Virginia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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