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Back Roads
Directed by
Alex Pettyfer
2018
1h 41m
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In 1993, Harley's dad is shot dead and his mom goes to prison. He has to earn money and look after his 3 kid sisters. No college. Over 2 years, family secrets are slowly revealed. Will a good therapist be enough?
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Cast of Back Roads
Alex Pettyfer
Harley Altmyer / Director / Producer
Jennifer Morrison
Callie Mercer
Nicola Peltz Beckham
Amber Altmyer
June Carryl
Betty
Juliette Lewis
Bonnie Altmyer
Tom Everett Scott
Brad Mercer
Danika Yarosh
Ashlee
Robert Patrick
Chief Mansour
Sky Elobar
Church
Chiara Aurelia
Misty Altmyer
Patrick Thomas Cragin
Bud
Emily LaGroue
Ashlee's Friend
Robert Longstreet
Uncle Mike
Rhonda Johnson Dents
Realtor
Hala Finley
Jody Altmyer
Jeff Pope
Rick
Nicole Dionne
Cowgirl
K.D. O'Hair
Aunt Kathy
Gavin Warren
Zack Mercer
Zach Zagoria
Dylan
Back Roads Ratings & Reviews
NME (New Musical Express)
Richard Phippen
Pettyfer's performance is deeply engaging...Hopefully he'll find a script that fits him a little better in the future.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
The film runs just over an hour and a half but feels at least twice that long.
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
The morose, brooding film is certainly a change of pace for Pettyfer, but only a sporadically effective one.
Film Inquiry
Alex Arabian
A well-acted, mostly captivating, and wholly unpredictable noir, Back Roads is an impressive directorial debut for Pettyfer, who pulls double-duty in his strongest screen performance yet.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Dark and twisty indie drama.
Solzy at the Movies
Danielle Solzman
Emotions run high but Back Roads shows a promising start for Alex Pettyfer's directorial career in his first opportunity behind the camera.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Although it tends to wallow in lurid melodrama, the film deserves credit for not softening its difficult subject matter.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
The effect, in this case, is more audacious than convincing.
RogerEbert.com
Monica Castillo
Ambitious but unrefined, Alex Pettyfer's directorial debut Back Roads is a raw movie overburdened by heavy-handed drama.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
Back Roads may ultimately work better as a book than a movie, but you can't accuse this cast and crew of mailing this movie in.
Tribune News Service
Rick Bentley
This was a big gamble for Pettyfer, who could have just coasted along in big budget films where actions often speak louder than the dialogue. His willingness to take a chance pays off.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Even Pettyfer manages to get something out of Pettyfer, achieving his best screen performance to date.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
While Back Roads doesn't live up to its considerable dramatic and thematic ambitions, it provides a strong opportunity for its filmmaker/star to stretch his dramatic muscles in the lead role.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
"Back Roads" is that peculiar kind of disappointment: a wreck about wreckage.
Cinemacy
Morgan Rojas
A character-driven, emotionally-rich story about a dark and dysfunctional family dynamic.
Black Girl Nerds
Lisa DeNeal
Trust me, it is worth watching and I applaud Pettyfer's skills in directing himself and the film. He shows that he can hold his own with Lewis.
Film Inquiry
Kristy Strouse
With everything involved in this movie, it could have been too much, but Pettyfer strikes a clean cut, making this drama ooze with honesty and intensity. It's a compelling debut, with the entire cast emotionally invested.
Slashfilm
Marshall Shaffer
The emotions on display in Back Roads are not the type that can be buried and disposed of. They must be acknowledged and dealt with. And factoring in this being a freshman feature only makes the achievement all the more remarkable.
Film Threat
Chuck Foster
A dark, claustrophobic thriller that stays on your mind long after viewing.
TheWrap
Dan Callahan
This is an accomplished debut from Pettyfer as a director, and it shows how interested he seems to be in the scarier byways of life, which seemed clear in his performance last year in The Strange Ones.
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