There's a conversation, a serious one, to be had about fracking, about the machinations of energy corporations, about capitalism — but it's rich that these wealthy white guys think the best way to go about inspiring debate is by presenting straw men at play in the heart of hicksploitation U.S.A.. (filmfreakcentral.net)
hicksploitation trilogy — but hadn't yet seen the third, and most meta, of those films. (filmfreakcentral.net)
Kelly's strong, steely performance recalls recent femme - led rural dramas Frozen River and Winter's Bone, but where those films» cold, hardscrabble poverty skirted hicksploitation, Runoff «s finely - observed, understated performances invoke a kind of heartland neo-realism. (moviemezzanine.com)