Spoken Word
Some of life's greatest journeys begin at the end
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 56 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 12, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Maya Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kuno Becker & Rubén Blades | |
Performer: | Miguel Sandoval & Persia White | |
Directed by | Victor Nunez | |
Composition by | Michael Brook | |
Cinematography by | Virgil Mirano |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/5 --
Low key, low budget and low profile character-driven drama is occasionally refreshing, but more frequently small scale to a fault.
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Metromix.com
Rating: 1/4 --
The familiar plot structure is only the tip of the formulaic iceberg, a foundation for more stale conventions than any indie should dare embrace.
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Slant Magazine
Features more cliches than it can comfortably handle and is not helped by its grindingly slow pacing.
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Hollywood Reporter
Rating: C+ --
The film's use of poetry to get at the subconscious mind of its protagonist works well early on but settles into a knee-jerk device that can't distract from the film's pedestrian plotting and direction.
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ColeSmithey.com
Strongly acted and beautifully photographed, SPOKEN WORD is a quietly resonant family drama about the tug of old habits and the difficulties of escaping the past.
New York Times
A uniquely crafted introspective yet profoundly visceral film experience, touching on the healing powers of the music in language.
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WBAI Radio
Rating: 2/5 --
Maddeningly ruled by signposts spotted from miles away.
Los Angeles Times
Product Description:
A popular West Coast poet reconnects with his ailing father and falls into a dangerous spiral of self-destruction in this drama from ULEE'S GOLD director Victor Nuñez. When Cruz Montana (Kuno Becker) takes the stage to recite his poetry, the whole West Coast hangs on his every word. A gifted artist who always speaks from the heart, Cruz is touring the poetry circuit when he learns that his father, Senior (Rubén Blades), is dying. Concerned, Cruz races back home to the scenic mountain valley where he grew up to find that drugs and violence have taken a terrible toll on the once-peaceful community. In no time, Cruz is back working for local criminal kingpin Emilio (Miguel Sandoval), the ruthless club owner who used to be Senior's number one partner in crime. In Emilio's world, money comes easy, and beautiful girls are always close by. Now, the longer Cruz remains at home the more his poetry skills begin to deteriorate, and the further he begins to drift from the values he once lived by. Perhaps if Cruz can find a way to reclaim his identity and pull himself back from the brink, the seeds of healing will finally be sewn both within his family and in his troubled community as well.