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Set in 1978 rural Pennsylvania, the movie tells the true story of an absentee father is reacquainted with his aimless teenage sons and they become intrigued with romanticized life of crime.
There's something bold about the film's wealth of imagery, but it also so overstates the material of the screenplay that it eventually annihilates both it and the story.
May 20, 2003
EmanuelLevy.Com
Though beginning as a tale about alienated youth, the film quickly devolves into a melodrama of a son (Sean Penn) corrupted by his own father (Christopher Walken) in a valueless world.
Director James Foley and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan expertly recreate that part of America that feels like it should exist under a rock with the clammy mud and scurrying insects, and their efforts are supported by an intense performance from Walken.