SummaryAn ex-con (Nicholas Cage), who is the unlikeliest of role models, meets a 15-year-old boy (Tye Sheridan) and is faced with the choice of redemption or ruin.
Directed By:David Gordon Green
Written By:Gary Hawkins, Larry Brown
Joe
Metascore
Generally Favorable
74
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Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
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14% Mixed
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1 Review
Apr 11, 2014
100
If your moviegoing needs are driven less by a need to "feel good" afterwards and more by a desire to see something that will grab and touch you in ways that you will not be shaking anytime soon, this is the movie for you.
Jul 21, 2014
80
An understated Nicolas Cage — there’s a phrase you don’t get to write too often these days — anchors a superbly realised film, which, like its eponymous hero, has a brittle outer shell concealing a surprisingly warm heart.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
74% Positive
105 Ratings
105 Ratings
15% Mixed
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Jun 12, 2023
10
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Apr 14, 2014
10
This film is worth to watch. "Joe" is a real-life story, a emotional drama with nice shot and nice scriptconcept. Cage give his whole best performance on this, can be his best performance this year, a big praised also sent to Sheridan and Gary Poulter, a fit and impressive ensemble.
Apr 8, 2014
80
Joe is Cage's periodic reminder that he's one of his generation's great talents.
Apr 11, 2014
75
Sheridan, so good in "Mud" with Matthew McConaughey, excels here as a vulnerable sapling.
Apr 9, 2014
75
For two hours or so, he becomes a magnetic actor again, the same vibrant presence who wowed audiences with his work in "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Adaptation." He is, in these rare instances, just plain good.
Apr 10, 2014
63
While Green is force-feeding us this hard-boiled hokum, he doesn’t distract us with many memorable images, as he did in his earliest films.
Apr 10, 2014
38
Joe is one more in the line of Southern Gothic miserabilism that includes “Winter’s Bone” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” films that many have praised but some find condescending.
Aug 21, 2021
9
A ruthless Southern tale told with exquisite direction by Green, coupled with perhaps Cage's best performance, "Joe" is never afraid to be explicit and smartly uses its brutality to cleanse the filth of its character development and tell an emotional story from beginning to end.
Apr 15, 2014
6
A great book. A mediocre film. The story is rushed and erratic and few of the characters are fully formed. And despite taking an "indie" role, Nick Cage has still lost the ability to act.
May 17, 2014
3
Yes it looks and feels very real but this movie is really not as good as people say, its actually quite boring. I couldn't even make it to the end! Nick cage gives a good performance but unfortunally its not enough to keep you engaged.
Oct 21, 2015
1
Nic Cage is a movie guy, the guy is Con Air, how much more wrong side of the tracks can you get? This movie is about a quarter of that dosage. I wanted Con Air, I guess I'll watch Con Air.
Production Company:
- Worldview Entertainment
- Dreambridge Films
- Muskat Filmed Properties
- Rough House Pictures
Release Date:Apr 11, 2014
Duration:1 h 57 m
Rating:R
Tagline:One Man's Past. One Boy's Future.
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Austin Film Critics Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Huading Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
