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Socks on Fire
Directed by
Bo McGuire
2020
1h 33m
Documentary
6.9
85%
3.5
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A poet composes a cinematic love letter to his grandmother as his homophobic aunt and drag queen uncle wage war over her estate in Hokes Bluff, Alabama.
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Cast of Socks on Fire
Michael Patrick Nicholson
Bo McGuire
Director / Writer
Chuck Duck
Carron Clark
Tatiana Bears
Producer
Julie Goldman
Executive Producer
Christopher Clements
Executive Producer
Ken Pelletier
Executive Producer
Joe Plummer
Executive Producer
Max Allman
Co-Producer / Editor / Co-Writer
Carolyn Hepburn
Executive Producer
Matt Clegg
Director Of Photography
Tim Korn
Supervising Sound Editor
Tommy Stang
Sound Effects Editor
Casey Wayne McAllister
Original Music Composer
Socks on Fire Ratings & Reviews
Awards Radar
Shane Slater
A touching example of the therapeutic power of documentary filmmaking, for both its subjects and the audience alike.
Drink in the Movies
Taylor Baker
There's a lovely lyrical patina to the patter of Bo McGuire and his family as they recollect, re-enact, and discuss the aftermath of...
The Film Experience
Glenn Dunks
Misconceptions about its subjects are something that McGuire is clearly intent on confronting and twisting, and with this colorful film he achieves a deceptively sly portrait of southern queer existence.
Film Threat
Nick Rocco Scalia
At one point, McGuire explains that he simply wanted to make a film "that would have everybody I loved on camera," and Socks on Fire more than fulfills that hope.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
On its surface, it is slight - after all, this is a single family argument between a drag queen and the sister who disapproved of her brother's lifestyle - but McGuire is hunting for deeper resonances.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
Like the title Socks on Fire portends, every new bit of information flaps in the wind for the world to see before combusting in a way that forces us to reconcile our own hearts alongside his.
Film Pulse
Adam Patterson
McGuire clearly poured his heart and soul into this film, and it shows in nearly every moment on screen.
Hammer to Nail
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Form and content meld into a vivid celebration of individuality, making of Socks on Fire a visionary evocation of the human will to live on one's own terms.
Moveable Fest
Stephen Saito
A spellbinding chronicle of family strife that feels like it should come with the finest leather-bound cover and a soothing glass of bourbon.
IndieWire
Jude Dry
The result is an admirable first effort that contains flashes of cinematic beauty, but ultimately collapses under the weight of its lofty ambitions.
Vague Visages
Marshall Shaffer
It's a work full of introspection and empathy, but McGuire never quite cheats out enough to make his film applicable or generalizable.
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
A beguiling paean to a family undone by dysfunction...
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