
Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.... (Full plot summary below)
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Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.
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| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyIs there any small town in America with its name printed on the side of its water tower that isn't going through tough times right now? |
| CraveOnlineFred TopelI suppose the sign of a good documentary is if it can remind me that my own problems are relatively small and I am very lucky. |
| The Arts DeskTom BirchenoughIn The Overnighters documentarist Jesse Moss found his story and pursued it with remarkable empathy, all in the best traditions of the genre. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsFull of ambush, surprise, illumination, it's a total corker. And Moss and his camera, somehow, are there every time a new bottle of truth is opened, with a gush, a pop or an explosion. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughThrough patience, skill, discretion, and trust, Jesse Moss has taken a seemingly small town story and turned it into both a microcosm of today’s most urgent issues and a portrait of a single suffering soul. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceA documentary that reflects a perfect storm of American social and economic problems. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisDirector Jesse Moss was basically a one-man production crew, which explains how he was able to film such intimate, painful conversations. His work is haunting — one of the best documentaries of the year. |
| Village VoiceAmy NicholsonJesse Moss's documentary The Overnighters is a heart-wrencher about the clash between economics and ethics. Its story sounds like the sort of dry news blurb you'd skim over in the Sunday paper but unfolds into an epic tragedy. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansEvery moment, including a surprise ending, will bring tears to your eyes. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerJesse Moss’s documentary The Overnighters is being hailed as a modern-day “Grapes of Wrath,” which, up to a point, it is. But it’s far more complicated than that. |