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Down In The Valley [2006]
from Icon Home Entertainment
starring Bruce Dern, Evan Rachel Wood, Edward Norton, Rory Culkin, David Morse
directed by David Jacobson

Features:

• Anamorphic
• PAL

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A forgotten gem
  I came across this movie from a trailer on another DVD. A cowboy lost in the city scenario intrigued me. And I wasn't too disappointed.
  Ed Norton is fantastic and the dreamer cowboy, who is a bit mixed up but bascially a good lad at heart. I won't spoil the plot for the reader, but it has some twists and turns and you just want it to turn out right for Norton's character.
  Some great acting, and pathos and very enjoyable. It's definitley worth seeing and just the sort of laid-back type of film to... more info

• Had potential, but lost direction quickly.
  My biggest gripe with Down in the Valley is it's pacing. I'm not after action and violence, but I didnt want to be sent into a coma either. Everything just seems to happen too slow. And when things do finaly happen it kinda just, you know, happens. Nothing is shocking or powerful.
  The best drawing point of the movie is the ever-brilliant Edward Norton. However, his character seemed a little characterless despite the fact that things were happening to his behaviour throughout. He is slowly built up to... more info

• American Art House at its best
  A unique movie very much worth seeing for its exploration of alienation and dehumanisation of the individual in the modern western world. However, not in a bleak or pesimistic way, but tender and touching; tense and thrilling at times; controvertial until the end.

• Excellent indie drama
  This one tells the tale of Harlan, a man clad in the dress and mannerisms of a cowboy despite living in the cowboy-free zone of twenty-first century LA. He's a misfit, as you would expect, but things perk up for Harlan when he meets rebellious wee thing Tobe (short for October) and the two hit it off right away. The film follows the development of their relationship - her, smitten by his anachronistic nature; him, smitten by her... well, because she's cute and doesn't make fun of his hat - and the... more info

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