A real sleeper, this coal country drama benefits from location shooting in Pennsylvania: The drab mining sites perfectly evoke the stunted emotions of the characters. Brothers Cole (Tyler Christopher) and Patrick Malby (Jason Widener) struggle to sustain their Black Lick, Penn., beef farm while nursing their mute, invalid mother, Elizabeth (Sally Kirkland). The Malby family has seen more than its share of tragedy; the boys' father, Cal Malby (Miles O' Keefe), died in a mysterious mine explosion 13 years earlier, the same year Cole was responsible for accidentally shooting his mother. When the mine's owner dies, Sheriff Masterson (Jack Conley), delivers the bad news t...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
106 mins