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.

Back Fork
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Directed byJosh Stewart
Written byJosh Stewart
Produced byJosh Stewart
Tony Sgro
Jeffrey Tinnell
Robert Tinnell
Starring
CinematographyEllie Ann Fenton
Edited byYaniv Dabach
Production
companies
Allegheny Image Factory
Back Fork Productions
Distributed byUncork'd Entertainment
Release date
  • 9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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Release

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The film was released on 5 April 2019.[1]

Reception

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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".[1]

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".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Scheck, Frank (5 April 2019). "'Back Fork': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ Walsh, Katie (3 April 2019). "Review: Josh Stewart's 'Back Fork' is a beautiful, if muted, tale of the drug crisis in West Virginia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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