Gun Hill Road is a 2011 drama film starring Esai Morales. The title of the film derives from the Bronx neighborhood of the same name.
Ex-con Enrique returns home after a stint in prison. His wife Angela has had an affair while he was away, and his son Michael is exploring a life as a transsexual, leaving Enrique with decisions to make regarding his family's future.
The film has received mixed reviews. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said...
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Gun Hill Road is a 2011 drama film starring Esai Morales. The title of the film derives from the Bronx neighborhood of the same name.
Ex-con Enrique returns home after a stint in prison. His wife Angela has had an affair while he was away, and his son Michael is exploring a life as a transsexual, leaving Enrique with decisions to make regarding his family's future.
The film has received mixed reviews. Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said in his review: " In his feature debut, Gun Hill Road, writer-director Rashaad Ernesto Green displays compassion for his characters and an ability to create strong scenes to underscore his thematic concerns. But the story itself is too shopworn especially at Sundance where countless films have presented dysfunctional families where parents and offspring are at odds".
Dennis Harvey of Variety similarly said; "script and direction tend to telegraph all events, draining the competently packaged pic of tension, nuance and surprise".
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