SummaryJohn (John Ashton) is a kindly, well-liked old man in a small rural town. John has just killed a man named Dutch. Dutch had done a lot of bad things to a lot of nice people. Nobody in town would think to implicate John - nobody but Danny (Ronnie Gene Blevins), Dutch's violent drunk of a brother. John's nephew Ben (Alex Moffat) arrives from Chicag... Read More
Directed By:Steven Piet
Written By:Erik Crary, Steven Piet
Uncle John
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Mixed or Average
56
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Generally Favorable
7.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
56
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
20% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
20% Negative
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1 Review
Sep 17, 2015
90
It’s tantalizing, sublimely creepy stuff that keeps you guessing even after the credits roll.
Sep 17, 2015
70
Thanks to Ashton's brilliant, career-defining performance, we're made to see that the only thing worse than doing evil deeds is being nice enough to feel guilty about them.
Sep 24, 2015
63
A fair amount of Uncle John puts us behind the wheel or alongside Ashton as he drives, preoccupied with his misdeeds, along country roads lined with cornfields. No dialogue needed; in these transitions, Ashton and his surroundings are enough.
Sep 17, 2015
50
While both plots work reasonably well separately, they're unnecessarily padded and don't tie together strongly. As a result, the film doesn't achieve its goal of its sum being bigger than its parts.
Sep 17, 2015
30
Perhaps the vapid existence of millennials is precisely the point that co-writers Erik Crary and Steven Piet (who also directs) are driving at, but the film itself proves inarticulate and unsubstantial.
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Generally Favorable
7.7
86% Positive
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Sep 23, 2015
9
Pleasantly surprised. Something different. I watch too many movies and this one was refreshing for the flawlessly real performances, the extreme plausibility, and the breakage from the mold of common movies. The characters and situations were easy to identify with. When I read the negative reviews it makes me think the critics have some baseline formula for how movies are supposed to proceed and judge a movie for deviating from the prescription. I greatly appreciate how the story lines tied to together without colliding as almost any other American movie would have--with a big exciting action packed finish that would leave us mildly satisfied. I thank the makers of this movie for doing something uncommon and surprising me. Well done.
Awards
Midwest Independent Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Hell's Half Mile Film and Music Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
