Fresh
[A] remarkably accomplished indie movie ...
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Duane Hopwood
When the odds are against you, your best bet is a second chance...
2005 · 1h 24m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Matt Mulhern
Overview
A down-on-his-luck divorced father struggles to get his life and family back together before it's too late.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Visually dreary and not especially illuminating, Duane Hopwood can't quite get where it must have wanted to go.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten
... this downbeat indie drama gives the leads a few excellent scenes together, and they acquit themselves credibly. But there's also a fair amount of wilted comedy from the stock supporting characters ...
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
[The film is] suffused with hangdog dreariness, equivalent to a unsoled shoe treading rainwater.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Fresh
It's just very authentic, very real. Everything that happens here you believe it.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
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