Big Stone Gap (2014)
2/10
Painful - waste of a stellar cast
27 November 2016
Warning: Spoilers
If you can accept that Virginia coal mining town can have a miner who looks like Patrick Wilson and a pharmacy owner who looks like Ashley Judd then you might enjoy this movie. Whoopi Goldberg is totally out of place here.

But unrealistic looks aside, the story is quite painful. He is too young for her and she looks unhappy. I've always been a fan of Ashley Judd and praise her for not having plastic surgery to look younger. She is still very slim but there is a frown on her face and a bit of puffiness that is a little distressing to see on someone who was so beautiful. Maybe a romantic role wasn't right for her. Patrick Wilson looks too healthy and wholesome for the role - long sideburns don't a hillbilly make.

The touching gesture of selling his truck to bring over her family kind of rings fake. It would have been better if she just took a trip to Italy.

Don't bother with this one.
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