The Evening Hour

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Not Rated ‧ 2021 ‧ Drama ‧ 1h 54min

A small-time drug dealer is driven to action and redemption in response to a set of unexpected circumstances that threaten to tear the close-knit fabric of family, friendship, land, and history that binds everyone, and everything, he loves.

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Set in a small West Virginia mining town nestled in the foothills of Appalachia, THE EVENING HOUR tells the story of a small-time drug dealer, Cole Freeman, who is driven to action and redemption in response to a set of unexpected circumstances that threaten to tear the close-knit fabric of family, friendship, land, and history that binds everyone, and everything, he loves.

THE EVENING HOUR is a 2020 American drama film, directed by Braden King from a screenplay by Elizabeth Palmore. It is based upon the 2012 novel of the same name by Carter Sickels. It stars Philip Ettinger, Stacy Martin, Cosmo Jarvis, Michael Trotter, Kerry Bishé and Lili Taylor. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020. It was released on July 30, 2021 by Strand Releasing.

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CREDITS

Director

Braden King

Writer

Elizabeth Palmore, Carter Sickels

Stars

Philip Ettinger, Tess Harper, Archie Lewis

Companies

Secret Engine, Star Thrower Entertainment, Truckstop Media

DETAILS

Released

2021-07-13

Runtime

1h 54min

Rating

Not Rated

Genres

Drama

CONTEXT

Countries

USA

Languages

English

Awards

3 nominations

Keywords

west virginia,drug dealer,appalachia,opioid epidemic,2010s

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RATINGS

5.4/10

47%

3.5/10

71%

5.8/10

CRITICS REVIEWS

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Los Angeles TimesCarlos Aguilar
“Narrative bumps and all, The Evening Hour gives Ettinger a full stage to parade his unassuming virtuosity.”

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Movie NationRoger Moore
“The Evening Hour may lean into stereotypes of Appalachia and the lawless dead end many find themselves driving into. But King, working from Elizabeth Palmore’s script, humanizes the character “types” and the “statistics” to make one of the more compelling dramas set in this world and its struggles.”

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The New York TimesNicolas Rapold
“King works to portray a tight mesh of relationships around Cole, directing Elizabeth Palmore’s valiant adaptation of the sensitively rendered Carter Sickels novel. But lacking a strong central performance from Ettinger — who gets stuck on a half-pained, half-exasperated setting — much of the movie feels like a series of comings and goings, entrances and exits.”

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Slant MagazineMark Hanson
“In spite of the film’s strikingly lived-in sense of place, the script’s melodramatic storytelling works against that verisimilitude.”

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RogerEbert.comSheila O'Malley
“Unfortunately, The Evening Hour falls back on clichés, telling its story with a palpable sense of distance from the characters, from their struggles, and from the world they inhabit.”