Redemption Road

For the Tom Paxton album, see Redemption Road (album).
Redemption Road
Directed byMario Van Peebles
Written byMorgan Simpson
George Richards
Story byMorgan Simpson
Produced byJeff Balis
Rhoades Rader
Morgan Simpson
StarringMichael Clarke Duncan
Morgan Simpson
Kiele Sanchez
Taryn Manning
Luke Perry
Tom Skerritt
CinematographyMatthew Irving
Edited byMark Conte
Music byTree Adams
Production
companies
Liberty Road Entertainment
Heavy Duty Entertainment
MVP Films
Distributed byFreestyle Releasing[1]
Release dates
  • April 17, 2010 (2010-04-17) (NaFF)
  • August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26) (United States)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.3 million[2]
Box office$29,384[2]

Redemption Road (also Black, White and Blues) is a 2010 American film directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Michael Clarke Duncan and Luke Perry.

Premise

In Tennessee, Bailey, a debt-straddled blues guitarist, is escorted across the state by a man named Augy so that he can collect his inheritance from his recently deceased grandfather.

Cast

Release

After it played at film festivals such as the Nashville Film Festival and Hollywood Film Festival in 2010, it received a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 26, 2011.[3]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 57% based on reviews from 7 critics, with an average rating of 4.5/10.[4] On Metacritic it has a score of 44 out of 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

Joe Leydon of Variety called it an "emotionally satisfying tale about a young man in need of a mentor and an older fellow in search of forgiveness."[6] Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "battling-buddy road movie [that] carries viewers on an entertaining ride into blues country."[7] Kimberley Jones of the Austin Chronicle rated it 1 out of 5 stars and called it a mawkish melodrama sunk by Simpson's poor acting.[8]

References

  1. ^ [1] Freestyle Releasing - Redemption Road
  2. ^ a b "Redemption Road (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  3. ^ Obenson, Tambay (2011-07-22). "Mario Van Peebles' "Black, White And Blues," Gets New Title + Theatrical Release Date". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  4. ^ "Redemption Road (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. ^ "Redemption Road". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  6. ^ Leydon, Joe (2010-05-10). "Review: 'Black, White and Blues'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  7. ^ Byrge, Duane (2010-10-20). "Black, White and Blues – Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
  8. ^ Jones, Kimberley (2011-08-26). "Redemption Road". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2014-04-08.


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