Rotten
A dud.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
God's Pocket
The only thing they can't forgive is not being from ... God's Pocket
2014 · 1h 28m · R
Drama
Directed by
John Slattery
Overview
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Director and cast
- John Slattery Director
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Mickey Scarpato
- Richard Jenkins as Richard Shelburn
- Christina Hendricks as Jeannie Scarpato
- John Turturro as Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
- Eddie Marsan as Smilin' Jack Moran
- Caleb Landry Jones as Leon Scarpato
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Sal
- Eddie McGee as Petey
- Lenny Venito as Little Eddie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
36%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Turns out accents and attitude only go so far.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Rotten
A messy, shallow, muddled morass of a Philadelphia crime story set in 1978 ...
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
What's left is an awkward blend of tragedy and comedy, in a movie that doesn't feel as if it has earned the right to be either.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Rotten
A fair amount of the film leaves you wondering about the categorizations it's courted as a dark comedy. If the tag legitimately applies, then it takes Slattery a while to find his footing, if he ever really does.
Tom Russo, Boston Globe
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