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  1. Down in the Valley

    Down in the Valley

    R2005 · Drama · 1h 54m

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  1. May 18, 2006 · Tobe lives in an ordinary house in the San Fernando Valley with her dad, Wade (David Morse), and 13-year-old brother, Lonnie (Rory Culkin). Wade works as a corrections officer but doesn't bring his work home with him: He is a careless parent who makes a big show of supervising his children but seems unaware that Harlan enters his daughter's ...

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  2. NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by David Jacobson. Drama, Romance, Thriller. R. 1h 48m. By Stephen Holden. May 5, 2006. "Down in the Valley" is a neo-western with dreams as big as the fantasies...

  3. On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe (Evan Rachel Wood) meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan (Edward Norton), who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand.

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    • David Jacobson
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    • Ed Norton
  4. This one had so much potential, and there WAS a lot to like about the film: the performances were stellar across the board, the cinematography depicted beautiful images of the new San Fernando Valley where it collides with the Old West, and the ideas were ambitious and commendable.

  5. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jonathan Kiefer Sacramento News & Review. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008. Christopher Campbell Cinematical. Jacobson examines the...

  6. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 52% approval rating, based on 101 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "The premise of Old West clashing with modern suburbia is fresh and initially intriguing, but the second act degenerates into a clumsy jumble of events which strain credibility."

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  8. May 5, 2006 · When Harlan Carruthers (Norton), a charismatic cowboy who seems as if he would be much more at home in Monument Valley than in the San Fernando Valley, has a chance encounter with Tobe (Wood), a bored and restless suburban teenager, both of their lives are turned upside down.

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