All Hat

2007

All Hat

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Movie Info

Luke Kirby and Keith Carradine star in director Leonard Farlinger's adaptation of author Brad Smith's laid back neo-western novel. Ray Dokes (Kirby) has just been released from prison, and now as the laconic ex-con makes his way back home he is stunned to see just how much progress has transformed the countryside of his youth. Looking to lie low for a while, Ray heads to the farm of his good friend Pete Culpepper (Keith Carradine). A garrulous farmer who's drowning in debt, Pete is a true Texas cowboy whose corn seems too stubborn to grow this season. The first order of business for Ray is to visit his old flame Etta (Lisa Ray, but things have gotten complicated since Ray was put away and making his way to the woman he loves isn't going to be nearly as easy as he had hoped. Soon after hooking up with firebrand jockey Chrissis (Rachel Leigh Cook), Ray discovers that his old nemesis Sonny Staunton (Noam Jenkins) - the wealthy heir to a thoroughbred dynasty - is currently attempting to buy up as much farmland as possible in order to start breaking ground on a luxurious new golf course. It seems that Etta is the only member of the rural community bold enough to stand up against Sonny, but when a valuable thoroughbred goes missing from Staunton Stables the desperate entrepreneur forces the sale of the area's few remaining farms. Realizing the danger of contending with such a powerful and determined man (after all, it was Sonny who got Ray locked away in the first place), Ray does his best to sideline Sonny's nefarious plan and save the remaining farmlands without making the one false move that could land him back in jail.

Rating:

R (for language and some sexual content)
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Western
Directed By:

Leonard Farlinger
Written By:

Brad Smith
On Disc/Streaming:

May 27, 2008
Runtime:

89 minutes
Studio:

Odeon Films

Cast

Luke Kirby
as Ray Dokes

Keith Carradine
as Pete

Lisa Ray
as Etta Parr

Rachael Leigh Cook
as Chrissie

Noam Jenkins
as Sonny Stanton

Ernie Hudson
as Jackson Jones

David Alpay
as Paulie Stanton

Graham Greene (II)
as Jim Burns

Gary Farmer
as Billy Caan

Stephen McHattie
as Earl Stanton

Tracy Wright

Michelle Nolden
as Gena Stanton

Tony Rannelli
as Juan Romano

Joel S. Keller

Charlotte Laurier

Brooke Johnson
as Vet

David Gardner
as Homer Parr

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Critic Reviews for All Hat

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (4)

The plot is reasonably convincing, the pace tight, the laid-back score of jazz guitar and harmonica suitable to a film about country living, in which blood and gore are conspicuously absent.

Jan 25, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Philip Marchand
Toronto Star
Top Critic
There is no getting around that the film is as dry as an unpaved country road.

Sep 6, 2007 | Rating: 2/4

Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
Top Critic
Some movies mosey. This one crawls.

Jun 16, 2008 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com
One very tiny part racetrack-caper-movie, and nine parts lethargy, it is wrong in every way.

Jan 25, 2008 | Rating: 0.5/5

Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies
...the film is ultimately lacking in elements designed to hold the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time.

Sep 8, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

David Nusair
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