A captivating and compelling road trip through the creative spirit of the the South of the USA. Director Andrew Douglas's film follows "Alt" Country singer through a gritty terrain of churches, prisons, truck stops, biker bars and coalmines. This journey takes you through a very real contemporary Southern America,a world of marginalized white people and their unique and homemade culture.
The soundtrack, which includes Lee Sexton, The Handsome Family and others, is full of haunting Southern sounds; the camera work is inventive; and the interviews give you an off-center sense of place that equals at least one aspect of the South.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Oct 2005
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Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus is one of those movie-long non sequiturs where, though one thought does not logically follow another, we know what is meant.
– Michael Booth,
Denver Post,
7 Oct 2005
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A portrait of rural America as beautiful as it is bizarre.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
12 Aug 2005
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Douglas has crafted a beautifully shot and edited film that treats its subjects fairly.