Stars: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Dalton Sutton, Camron Owens, Dylan Cole, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts, Annalee Jefferies | Written and Directed by Kat Candler
Review by Andrew McArthur
Kat Candler’s Hellion boasts some strong performances but ultimately feels like an amalgamation of various indie tropes that never quite hit the right emotional spot.
Texas-set Hellion follows widowed single father Hollis (Aaron Paul) who finds himself on the verge of losing his two sons to Child Protection Services after eldest son Jacob’s (Josh Wiggins) unruly behaviour attracts the attention of the police.
It seems that films revelling in Southern miserablism are all the rage recently with Mud, Joe and The Devil’s Knot all looking at the hard lives of the vulnerable people in the South of the USA. Perhaps the reason I draw this comparison is because Hellion shares so much in common with these...
Review by Andrew McArthur
Kat Candler’s Hellion boasts some strong performances but ultimately feels like an amalgamation of various indie tropes that never quite hit the right emotional spot.
Texas-set Hellion follows widowed single father Hollis (Aaron Paul) who finds himself on the verge of losing his two sons to Child Protection Services after eldest son Jacob’s (Josh Wiggins) unruly behaviour attracts the attention of the police.
It seems that films revelling in Southern miserablism are all the rage recently with Mud, Joe and The Devil’s Knot all looking at the hard lives of the vulnerable people in the South of the USA. Perhaps the reason I draw this comparison is because Hellion shares so much in common with these...
- 7/2/2014
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Aaron Paul, Kat Candler, and Josh Wiggins (centered) with Dylan Cole, Deke Garner, and Camron Owens.
Hellion, written and directed by Kat Candler, is an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of Hollis, a single dad (Aaron Paul) who is struggling to raise his sons in a Southeast Texas town. Newcomer Josh Wiggins makes a powerful debut as Jacob, a 13-year-old who loves motocross and heavy metal, whose delinquent behavior is about to send him to juvenile detention. Still grieving from the death of his wife, Hollis spends most of his time drowning his sorrows at the bar, so Jacob and his little brother Wes must fend for themselves. When authorities find out about the volatile situation at home, Wes is placed under the custody of his Aunt Pam (Juliette Lewis), leaving Jacob and Hollis determined to do whatever it...
Hellion, written and directed by Kat Candler, is an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of Hollis, a single dad (Aaron Paul) who is struggling to raise his sons in a Southeast Texas town. Newcomer Josh Wiggins makes a powerful debut as Jacob, a 13-year-old who loves motocross and heavy metal, whose delinquent behavior is about to send him to juvenile detention. Still grieving from the death of his wife, Hollis spends most of his time drowning his sorrows at the bar, so Jacob and his little brother Wes must fend for themselves. When authorities find out about the volatile situation at home, Wes is placed under the custody of his Aunt Pam (Juliette Lewis), leaving Jacob and Hollis determined to do whatever it...
- 1/22/2014
- by Michelle Nelson
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