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The film transcends its B-movie template with realistic performances and taut direction, yet never spares the thrills. Sep 5, 2014 | Full Review…
The film transcends its B-movie template with realistic performances and taut direction, yet never spares the thrills.
Steve Dollar
For a first time feature outing, "Coldwater" is a fine effort from Grashaw, and the setting feels fresh and new. It's an original take on a coming of age, young masculinity tale, but ultimately, it doesn't quite live up to all of its potential Aug 27, 2014 | Rating: B-
For a first time feature outing, "Coldwater" is a fine effort from Grashaw, and the setting feels fresh and new. It's an original take on a coming of age, young masculinity tale, but ultimately, it doesn't quite live up to all of its potential
Katie Walsh
The best thing about it is its star, P.J. Boudousqué, who locates a sense of terror and betrayal that the script lacks. Aug 18, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
The best thing about it is its star, P.J. Boudousqué, who locates a sense of terror and betrayal that the script lacks.
Chris Nashawaty
It's a promising topic for a drama, and Greshaw's talented leading man carries it until the filmmaker steals it from him and destroys everything built up in the first hour. Aug 15, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
It's a promising topic for a drama, and Greshaw's talented leading man carries it until the filmmaker steals it from him and destroys everything built up in the first hour.
Brian Tallerico
A punishing, predictable drama that's almost rescued by strong acting and good intentions. Aug 14, 2014 | Full Review…
A punishing, predictable drama that's almost rescued by strong acting and good intentions.
Jeannette Catsoulis
There's a compelling, perhaps important thriller to be made about dark doings at for-profit juvenile detention camps, but "Coldwater" misses the mark. Aug 14, 2014 | Full Review…
There's a compelling, perhaps important thriller to be made about dark doings at for-profit juvenile detention camps, but "Coldwater" misses the mark.
Gary Goldstein
"Coldwater" is at its best when it lets the emotions emerge gradually from its steely characters rather than when they're demonstrated openly, the reserved feelings ultimately building to a frenzied crescendo at the end. Oct 24, 2018 | Full Review…
"Coldwater" is at its best when it lets the emotions emerge gradually from its steely characters rather than when they're demonstrated openly, the reserved feelings ultimately building to a frenzied crescendo at the end.
Stephen Saito
It's a cat and mouse game with government officials threatening sanctions that never evolve into anything tangible as the boys discover their fate rests in their own hands with a nightmarish Lord of Flies-esque climax. May 8, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It's a cat and mouse game with government officials threatening sanctions that never evolve into anything tangible as the boys discover their fate rests in their own hands with a nightmarish Lord of Flies-esque climax.
Jared Mobarak
A rather classic, but skillfully - and tastefully, despite the graphic content - executed drama that tracks the painful blossoming of maturity during a crisis of authority and morality. Oct 28, 2015 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
A rather classic, but skillfully - and tastefully, despite the graphic content - executed drama that tracks the painful blossoming of maturity during a crisis of authority and morality.
Anna Tatarska
It's a grim but engaging drama and a first feature from writer/director Vincent Grashaw. Aug 22, 2014 | Rating: 3/4
It's a grim but engaging drama and a first feature from writer/director Vincent Grashaw.
Chris Knight
Grashaw draws out fascinating, textured performances from his cast, notably James C. Burns as the retired marine in charge and Nicholas Bateman as a conflicted trustee. Aug 18, 2014 | Full Review…
Grashaw draws out fascinating, textured performances from his cast, notably James C. Burns as the retired marine in charge and Nicholas Bateman as a conflicted trustee.
Michael Dunaway
The horrors in Coldwater continue unchecked for the majority of the movie. It's a very visceral experience, leaving the audience no room to hide from their own discomfort. Aug 18, 2014 | Full Review…
The horrors in Coldwater continue unchecked for the majority of the movie. It's a very visceral experience, leaving the audience no room to hide from their own discomfort.
Dorothy Burk Vasquez
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