SummaryEvery summer, Jon gathers ten friends together in his adopted city of Los Angeles to play the Turkey Bowl—bringing a piece of small-town tradition to the urban sprawl—all for the beloved prize for the winning team… a turkey. Friendships flare and fade, jealousy is met with both laughter and pain, old and unrequited love threatens to remain old an... Read More
Directed By:Kyle Smith
Written By:Kyle Smith
Turkey Bowl
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
40% Positive
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Jun 1, 2011
75
Well acted and wise enough to not excessively linger in its atmosphere of genial camaraderie and underlying regret and nostalgia, Turkey Bowl accomplishes its small-scale goals with aplomb.
May 31, 2011
70
The director and his actors successfully sell the notion that these are real people whose lives and relationships will continue off the field - and that's more than enough.
Jun 2, 2011
60
A quirky offering by Kyle Smith that does nothing more or less than show a touch-football game among friends. "It's sort of interesting," you might find yourself saying, "but is it a film?"
Jun 3, 2011
40
This ongoing improvisation, along with the completed passes and resulting chest-bumping celebrations or recriminations, serves to define these otherwise "ordinary" ciphers and lend shape and momentum to an otherwise plotless movie.
May 31, 2011
40
A favorite at this year's SXSW, Kyle Smith's real-time look at curdled relationships is a modest take on indie psychodramatics - and little else.
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Release Date:Jun 3, 2011
Duration:1 h 2 m
Rating:TV-MA
Tagline:Ten friends. One game. Two-hand touch.
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
