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      • Shotgun Stories has positive reviews, earning an 90% rating at Rotten Tomatoes from 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Thanks to a talented cast and its uncommon depth, Nichols' debut manages to rise above its overly familiar plot."
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  2. Jun 5, 2008 · Jeff Nichols' "Shotgun Stories" is shaped and told like a revenge tragedy, but it offers an unexpected choice: The hero of the film does not believe the future is doomed by the past. If it were, most of the key characters would be dead by the end, an outcome that seems almost inevitable.

  3. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Backed by siblings Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Douglas Ligon), Son Hayes (Michael Shannon) tells the attendees at his father's funeral that he and his brothers hated...

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  4. Mar 26, 2008 · March 26, 2008. Jeff Nichols’s “Shotgun Stories,” a drama about warring clans of brothers in small-town southern Arkansas, defines the classic western phrase “doing what a man’s got to do” as...

  5. Shotgun Stories Reviews. ...wonderfully written, brilliantly conceived, and cleverly crafted. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 25, 2022. There’s not much here beyond the...

  6. Mar 24, 2008 · My inner divide is one of the reasons I was so moved by Jeff Nichols’s Shotgun Stories, a mournful drama in which two sets of brothers—they share a father—engage in a deadly feud. The movie...

  7. Mar 26, 2008 · Shotgun Stories is a well shot, slow burner of a movie. The script honestly isn't all that great in my opinion, but Michael Shannon absolutely elevates this movie to newfound heights. His performance is incredible, and all of his scenes are just fantastic to watch.

  8. Oct 26, 2023 · With Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols injects independent cinema with a much-needed dose of good, old-fashioned storytelling. But this isn’t merely a throwback to the past.

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