James Franco adapts Cormac McCarthy’s (No Country for Old Men) novel about a dangerous man with an antisocial disposition –...
James Franco adapts Cormac McCarthy’s (No Country for Old Men) novel about a dangerous man with an antisocial disposition – devoid of a stable home or parental figures – who delves deeper and deeper into malevolence.
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42 %50 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
26 %2,431 reviewsAudience score rating
"Franco has emerged with an extremely faithful, suitably raw but still relatively hemmed-in adaptation."
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Variety
Variety"It could have been so much worse; we wish it was a lot better."
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Time Out
Time Out"Make no mistake: There is nothing pleasant about James Franco's very fine adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's short, pitiless novel."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Franco has finally delivered the goods with this great, grisly McCarthy adaptation."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"There's a weird purity to the storytelling even at its untidiest, which enables Franco to remain true to the spirit of McCarthy's vernacular lyricism."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterChild of God | Details
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- USA
