Jack and I liked this story of unlikely buddies in Texas: a white adolescent girl punk and and an aging, down-on-his-luck Black rodeo bullrider. For the role of Abe, Rob Morgan is nominated for the Best Actor Spirit Award and won Special Jury Recognition at the SXSW (South by Southwest) Festival. Amber Havard is no slouch either as Kris/Crystal.
Director/co-writer Annie Silverstein is nominated for the Someone to Watch Spirit Award, among other accolades. The movie was co-written by Johnny McAllister with story consultant Josh Melrod.
Music by William Ryan Fritch isn't available online.
Cinematographer Shabier Kirchner is also nominated for a Spirit Award, shooting in Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
Morgan was last blogged for Mudbound and Kirchner for the five part anthology Small Axe. This is the feature debut for Silverstein and Havard, though not McAllister nor Melrod. Fritch is new to me, too, though he has scored several dozen projects, many of which are documentaries and/or shorts.
No bull from Rotten Tomatoes' critics, averaging 90%, though its audiences are stepping in it at 63. We tend toward the former assessment, and watched it on Hulu April 7.
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