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Jan 9, 2015 · This adaptation of Ron Rash's novel about a 17-year old who gets entangled with drug dealers in 1970s North Carolina has atmosphere to spare and a great Steve Earle score, but never quite rises to the height of its ambitions.
Jan 7, 2015 · An Appalachian teenager becomes embroiled in a blood feud between two drug dealers in this adaptation of Ron Rash's novel.
- THR Staff
Jan 9, 2015 · The World Made Straight: Directed by David Burris. With Noah Wyle, Jeremy Irvine, Minka Kelly, Adelaide Clemens. In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past.
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- Drama
- David Burris
- 2015-01-09
Jan 8, 2015 · This adaptation of Ron Rash’s 2006 novel about some hard-luck folk in 1970s rural Appalachia holds interest--though a story so frequently on the verge of violence ought to build more tension.
- Dennis Harvey
[The World Made Straight has] unerringly true performances and an almost documentary grasp of life in 1970s Appalachia. Full Review | Jan 8, 2015
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Jan 7, 2015 · “The World Made Straight” is a flawed but vivid Southern Gothic melodrama set in an isolated community in the mountains of North Carolina. And whatever shortcomings this over-boiled adaptation of a Ron Rash novel serves up, its setting overcomes them — making seemingly miscast