Tommy Lee Jones plays Snopes with real attitude- pride mixed with evil. Shawn Whittington is excellent as the son who is conflicted- he no longer wants to be his father's accomplice in the acts of revenge. He wants to stick with his blood but he knows that the way his father handles the problems is wrong. The women in the movie stay in the background. This is a good adaptation of the Faulkner story.
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Ready to bust
bkoganbing19 July 2019
A young Tommy Lee Jones stars in this short subject production of Barn Burning
based on a William Faulkner short story. The film was shot in Faulkner country
in Mississippi.
Jones is a sharecropper and an abusive man to his wife and kids. When the planter whom he crops with has a carpet damaged he sues Jones for damage.
These folks are the quintessence of rural poverty not the proverbial pot to do number one in.
Jones feels he's being taken advantage of. But he's got plans.
Jones is great with the mark of stardom on him. The rest of the cast made of local players considerably less so.
For Tommy Lee Jones fans.
Jones is a sharecropper and an abusive man to his wife and kids. When the planter whom he crops with has a carpet damaged he sues Jones for damage.
These folks are the quintessence of rural poverty not the proverbial pot to do number one in.
Jones feels he's being taken advantage of. But he's got plans.
Jones is great with the mark of stardom on him. The rest of the cast made of local players considerably less so.
For Tommy Lee Jones fans.
Tommy Lee shines like the real thing in this fool's gold.
tejanaZ17 November 2006
I love William Faulkner and "Barn Burning" holds a special place in my heart. But, even a Horton Foote adaption can't save this film or even the fact that Tommy Lee Jones is a study in restrained rage, a sociopath, as always, a joy to watch. But, he is surrounded by actors who seem to have been chosen by lottery from a pool of folks who've never acted before. Their halting and unnatural speech, spouting the most outrageous accents is only surpassed by the dirgelike cadence. Sometimes I felt like someone off screen was poking the cast with long sticks to remind them its their turn to speak. Add to that the ridiculous (and again badly paced) reactions. The film moves like molasses ... not a good thing. I was a monumentally disappointed.
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