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Dec 17, 2014Nursebob rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Themes of anger, regret and powerlessness abound in this quiet rural drama as two men rage against the forces that oppose them. While one refuses to accept the limitations imposed by illness and old age, the other feels forever branded by the mistakes he's made in the past. Only their respective children seem to grasp the truth behind all the posturing; Paul Meecham's memories of growing up with his dad are a little different than Abner's while sixteen-year old Pamela Choat senses the true source of her father's destructive outbursts. A final fiery confrontation, followed by an unexpectedly subdued coda, thwarts our Hollywood expectations and brings everything to an appropriate, if bittersweet, conclusion. The cast is magnificent.