A Painted House
“Desperate Times, hard truths, unexpected dangers. One extraordinary summer will change a young boy and his family...forever.”
2003 · 1 h 37 min
Directed by Alfonso Arau
Cast
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Plot
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers help with the cotton harvest on an Arkansas farm in 1952.
Sinekatalog’s take
Alfonso Arau's TV film, from John Grisham's novel, with Scott Glenn and Robert Sean Leonard, is warm and gentle, far from a legal thriller.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (1,295 votes)
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