Back Roads R

Back Roads
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 3, 2005
  • Originally Released: 1981
  • Label: Paramount

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Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 1,566
Back Roads is a love story with real clout. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Jan 31, 2004
Rating: 3/5 -- Less a movie than an extended sketch, and it's to the credit of Mr. Ritt, his stars and Gary Devore, the screenwriter, that the movie is so much fun.
New York Times
Aug 31, 2004
Rating: 4/5 -- A quiet and unassuming little comedy, a dual-gendered character study mixed with a low-key "road trip" adventure. Full Review
DVDTalk.com
Apr 25, 2005
Rating: 2/4 -- It's a surprise to discover that this hackneyed, relatively dull road picture is the work of director Martin Ritt. Full Review
TV Guide
Jan 11, 2008
Very good on local colour but a bit sugary in its attitude to the central relationship, it would have been better taking a bleaker cue from Tommy Lee Jones' admirably dry performance.
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
...Ritt has created a gritty atmosphere of 'back road' realism throughout. He has also gotten nice performances out of Field and Jones...
Variety
Mar 11, 1981
Despite the efforts of the two talented leads, their central relationship fails to ignite, while the comedy is lacklustre at best. Full Review
Film4
May 24, 2003

Product Description:

The comic actions begins in a trashy hotel in Alabama. There a spirited hustler is picked up by an equally cheerful drifter.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 115,575
  • UPC: 097368888845
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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