WISCONSIN DEATH TRIP (1999) director James Marsh's fiction feature debut is a slow-burning parable of faith, family and moral frailty cowritten by Milo Addica, who coscripted the excoriating MONSTER'S BALL (2001). Newly discharged from the navy, Elvis Sandow (Gael Garcia Bernal) makes his way to Corpus Christi, Texas, in hopes of meeting the father he knows only from his late mother Yolanda's recollections. Elvis clearly hopes for an emotionally rich reunion, but his dream is rudely dashed: In the intervening years, David Sandow (William Hurt), has found God, established a thriving Baptist ministry called Glad Tidings and has a
real family: wife Twyla (Laura H...
Released:
2006
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins