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'Come Early Morning' is a simple story
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile)
Nov 17, 2006
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3 people found this review helpful
'Come Early Morning' is a simple story yet told with such conviction, delicacy and instinct for truth that it carries keen emotional power. This is the first film from actress Joey Lauren Adams, so one can only hope she has more stories inside her for she has genuine storytelling talent.
You know despite her (Judds) efforts and those of a generally talented cast, picture just pokes along and offers nothing out of the ordinary in terms of drama, characterization or insight. Judds presence notwithstanding, this one would be more at home on small than on big screens.
Judds typically lived-in performance and the authentic Arkansas locations -- cramped bars, dusty roads -- help vaguely distinguish a movie that comes on like a minor-key reprise of Judds breakthrough Ruby in Paradise and every other rural indie melodrama to grace Sundance since.
But a soundtrack of Western songs and Western-flavored score by Alan Brewer fits right in. Tom Orrs cinematography and Meg Retrickers editing is, like the movie itself, simple yet eloquent. |
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