Gimme Shelter
Sometimes you have to leave home to find your family.
Sometimes you have to leave home to find your family.
Drama
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2013
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After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
17 Oct 2013
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$7,500,000
Revenue:
$1,359,910
Awards:
2 wins.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The kind of film that outfits a potentially compelling story with politically convenient signposts - not understanding that sometimes, getting out of the way of a good tale is the best kind of polemical strategy.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
24 Jan 2014
fresh:
Hudgens captures both the defiance and fear of a girl at this crossroads. Her performance elevates what's often a trite and heavy-handed script.
– Cary Darling,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com,
27 Jan 2014
rotten:
An after-school special blown up on the big screen, it stridently aims to inspire you. More likely, it'll make you cringe.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
27 Jan 2014
rotten:
What remains is a poor man's Precious, with all the earlier film's go-for-broke melodrama but none of its weirdness or empathy for the impoverished.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
30 Jan 2014
rotten:
The result is awkward, hyped propaganda for faith-based initiatives and against abortion.
– Michael Sragow,
Orange County Register,
30 Jan 2014