I just saw this movie two nights ago for Sundance. I had no idea what I was going into before the show started- and I was pleasantly surprised by the opening shots of the beautiful Utah landscape. But then the story began. Others have said it well- the dialogue is bad, the acting is tepid, and the storyline is worn. But, in my opinion, the most difficult thing to overlook is the complete detachment from reality that this movie operates with. Are we supposed to believe that people really act this way? For example: would people really react to their reunion with their long lost father with over-the-top anger? Or with complete placidity? Every interaction between characters in this movie is unreal, which is too bad because this was a decent set of actors who could have done better if given a better story.
Review of Don't Come Knocking
