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God's Pocket is a 2014 American drama film directed by John Slattery, his feature film directorial debut. Slattery co-wrote the screenplay with Alex Metcalf, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pete Dexter. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Turturro, Christina Hendricks, and Richard Jenkins.
Aug 8, 2014 · God's Pocket: Directed by John Slattery. With Christina Hendricks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry Jones. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss.
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- Crime, Drama
- John Slattery
- 2014-08-08
May 9, 2014 · Even in a disappointing film like John Slattery’s "God’s Pocket," Hoffman makes unique, personal, realistic choices that other actors wouldn’t have considered. An already somber drama like this adaptation of a Pete Dexter novel feels even more melancholy knowing it’s one of the last characters that we’ll ever get from Hoffman.
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May 9, 2014 · 'God's Pocket' Is Horrifying, Humanist And Heartbreaking. May 9, 201412:11 PM ET. Heard on Fresh Air. By. David Edelstein. 5-Minute Listen. Playlist. Many people will find God's Pocket...
A boozy lowlife (Philip Seymour Hoffman) tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist (Richard Jenkins) and the young man's mother complicate...
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- John Slattery
- R
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
2014 · 1 hr 29 min. R. Drama · Crime. Set in 1970s working-class Philadelphia, a local reporter isn’t buying a neighborhood man’s story that his stepson was killed in an accident. Subtitles: English. Starring: Christina Hendricks Philip Seymour Hoffman John Turturro Richard Jenkins Caleb Landry Jones. Directed by: John Slattery.
Summaries. A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss. When Mickey's crazy step-son Leon is killed in a construction 'accident', nobody in the working class neighborhood of God's Pocket is sorry he's gone.
