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Back Fork is a 2019 American drama film directed by Josh Stewart, starring Josh Stewart, A. J. Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Wade Williams and Dorothy Lyman.
Plot
Once a hardworking family-man, Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and a destructive lifestyle.
Cast
Josh Stewart as Waylon
A. J. Cook as Nida
Agnes Bruckner as Rayleen
Wade Williams as Bill
Dorothy Lyman as Susie
Doug Bradley as Sheriff
Release
The film was released on 5 April 2019.
Reception
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter praised Stewart's performance and wrote that while the film "doesn’t break any new ground either in terms of substance or style", it "packs a quiet punch".
Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called the film "hushed, poetic and intimate", despite the fact that "we never get a sense of the characters’ true anguish and pain".
References
External links
Back Fork at IMDb
Back Fork at Rotten Tomatoes