GEORGE WASHINGTON (2000), David Gordon Green's mannered debut, was just the kind of laconic dream of a film that had adoring critics grasping for names like William Faulkner and Terrence Malick to evoke its unique style. Set in the same rusting hill country of North Carolina, Green's follow-up is equally affected but far less affecting. After spending most of her adolescence at an all-girl boarding school, 18-year-old Noel (Zooey Deschanel) returns to the small mill town where she was born, and where her overly protective older brother Tip (Shea Whigham) still lives with their parents. Tip, a self-styled tough guy with a mouthful of braces, a moody drawl and mile-hig...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
108 mins