58
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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittA travelogue unlike any other.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanA movie about identity that can't quite pinpoint its own, Andrew Douglas' road-trip documentary about the Deep South does eventually meander toward audience enlightenment.
- 60SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirA lovely, faintly sinister travelogue.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenOccasionally, this richly lyrical movie passes over the line separating sympathetic exploration from freak-show condescension.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckUltimately fails to illuminate its subject, though it does offer some evocative moments and terrific music along the way.
- 50Village VoiceJoshua LandVillage VoiceJoshua LandFlorida-born folksinger Jim White serves as guide on this musical tour of the rural South, conceptualized less as a state of mind than as an atmosphere.
- 38New York PostNew York PostBy the time White gets around to condescending remarks... the film has become a sort of BBC "Hee Haw," meant to reassure Brits and New Yorkers that the South is indeed a land of pistol-toting, Jesus-praising gap-toothed freaks.
- 20Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallTiresome, trite and choked with every lousy Dixie-fried stereotype imaginable.