
After rudderless 26 year old Ellie learns that her estranged, alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to small-town Texas, where she finds direction, family, and friendship in this most unexpected place.... (Full plot summary below)
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After rudderless 26 year old Ellie learns that her estranged, alcoholic father has died, her world is disrupted and she begins a journey that takes her to small-town Texas, where she finds direction, family, and friendship in this most unexpected place.
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| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfThere's heart here for the taking, but Axster turns a complicated domestic and emotional crisis into an episode of a network television drama. |
| The PlaylistKatie WalshA story that’s specific, but universal in many ways, of family complication and connection, A Country Called Home, bolstered by the excellent score by Bingham, and Poots’ delicate performance, is worth the time. |
| The Young FolksNathanael HoodWhile I found it sincere, I felt like it meandered too much and suffered from anxiety over what kind of a film it wanted to be. |
| RogerEbert.comMark DujsikThe central problem with A Country Called Home is neither the performances nor even the characters. It's the transparent ways in which the movie conjures easy resolutions to issues that it otherwise does a fine job convincing us are not so simple. |
| Village VoiceMichael NordinePoots, who's quietly distinguished herself in a number of supporting roles over the last few years, brings a documentary-like naturalism to the familiar plotting; you'll care about her even if you begin to lose interest in the movie as a whole. |
| Movie NationRoger MoorePoots, Davis, McCormack, Squibb and Whigham quickly sketch in interesting, if not quite compelling characters. And they, more than the story or locale, make A Country Called Home worth a brief visit. |
| HollywoodInToto.comChristian TotoThe rigorously dull A Country Called Home hates flyover country more than Bill Maher. |
| The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThere are a lot of bad things this movie doesn’t do, which is not quite the same as doing anything particularly well. |
| Mark Leeper's ReviewsMark R. LeeperThere is not a lot in the plot that is surprising or even original. There is some wit and there is a not too unrealistic look at strained family relationships. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayA paint-by-numbers indie that barely uses its most vivid hues. |