
In order to provide for his destitute family of drifters, a likable, sincere, able-bodied 15-year-old boy comes to hire on among a burned-out ex-con's group of aging forest laborers. As the man becomes more and more aware of the boy's abusive home life, his deeply buried humanity is roused. Drinking and smoking incessantly to remain detached from his volatile temper, he finally takes the matter into his own hands - come what may - when the boy's alcoholic father finally goes ... (Full plot summary below)
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In order to provide for his destitute family of drifters, a likable, sincere, able-bodied 15-year-old boy comes to hire on among a burned-out ex-con's group of aging forest laborers. As the man becomes more and more aware of the boy's abusive home life, his deeply buried humanity is roused. Drinking and smoking incessantly to remain detached from his volatile temper, he finally takes the matter into his own hands - come what may - when the boy's alcoholic father finally goes too far.
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| MLive.comJohn SerbaOne of Nicolas Cage's great performances. |
| RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiIf your moviegoing needs are driven less by a need to "feel good" afterwards and more by a desire to see something that will grab and touch you in ways that you will not be shaking anytime soon, this is the movie for you. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanNicolas Cage delivers what may his best, most nuanced performance yet in the gritty, hypnotic and deeply moving Joe. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloI was much impressed by Nicolas Cage's atypically controlled work in Joe, which sees David Gordon Green make a welcome and mostly assured return to his roots. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...has a real feel, at once dreamy and doomed, that's hard to shake. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThe characters are rich and round with human contradictions. Joe, despite his police rap sheet and outlaw temperament, has a core of tenderness and humor. |
| People MagazineAlynda WheatJoe is the Nicolas Cage comeback I didn't realize I was waiting for. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinIt is set in a South that feels like the South, and Cage's Joe isn't a caricature like some of his other Southern characters have been. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka beautifully, painfully wrought drama about violence and redemption |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreJoe is the movie that will make you remember how good Nicolas Cage once was and can be again. |