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A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
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| New York TimesStephen HoldenPutty Hill doesn't strive for overt social commentary. It drops you into a world that the director, who grew up in the area, knows firsthand: a suburban fringe of stasis, downward mobility and lowered expectations. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzWe are given a realistic impression of America's disenfranchised young. |
| Times-PicayuneMike ScottIt's a film for patient moviegoers. But for those moviegoers, it stands to be a rewarding experience. |
| Time OutDavid JenkinsPorterfield's rejection of obvious irony makes this not only a warm film, but one which shows the real face of America's poor, young and disenfranchised. |
| Denver PostLisa KennedyWith "Putty Hill," Porterfield joins the company of American indie directors Ramin Bahrani and Kelly Reichardt, filmmakers often compelled to seek out everyday souls in their textured, oh-so quotidian environs. |
| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderImagine Gummo without the bizarre humor and you have Putty Hill. |
| Projection BoothRob HumanickWhether it's the joyously impromptu screech of a surprised girl or the dead-end escape that concludes the film, Putty Hill's slice of life is bittersweet indeed. |
| Cinema ScopeJason AndersonIt's not triumph-of-the-human-spirit territory, but... For these kids in these circumstances, a little bit of grace is plenty. |
| Cairo360Yasmin Shehab[Matthew] Porterfield has achieved something hugely impressive; he's managed to make an improvised movie using regular people that is immensely watchable and not just in relation to the circumstances it was made under but in relation to movies in general |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinunquestionably the best American film I've seen thus far this year |