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Hounddog (2008)
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Playing a precocious but abused 12-year-old who finds comfort in Elvis Presley's music, doe-eyed Dakota Fanning steps away from family fare with this powerful drama set in Alabama. While she suppresses her painful memories, will her seemingly indestructible spirit shatter when she suffers a shocking tragedy? Written and directed by Deborah Kampmeier, the film also stars David Morse, Piper Laurie and Robin Wright Penn.
| Release Date: | September 19th, 2008 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
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There are a lot of well worn Southern clichés in Deborah Kampmeier's film - rusty trucks in the yard, bare feet, the drunk no-count daddy, the old swimming hole, and the rise of Elvis using Black Southern music as his own. They are dear and familiar, and provide a good framework to a movie, but it's all a framework. There...
(complete Hounddog review by Movie Addict)
| Hounddog Movie Review by Jarrod (9/25/2008) |
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'Hounddog' has generated controversy because it features a rape scene involving Dakota Fanning; it sparked a bit of an outrage at Sundance, where it made its debut, but its fiercest critics are those who have not seen it, and are judging it prematurely based on hysterical descriptions of its content. The rape scene, when...
(complete Hounddog review by Jarrod)
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