Copperhead

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Copperhead

PG-13,

2013,

1h 58m,

History/

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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19 Reviews

45%

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500+ Ratings

Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.

Justin Stewart

Film Comment Magazine

Nov 4, 2013

As both politics and entertainment, it's lacking.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Jul 24, 2013

2.5/4

I wish "Copperhead" were better, because it tells a story we haven't seen before, and creates a world that films have rarely shown us.

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Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

Jul 18, 2013

1.5/4

So much taste and intelligence went into these finely wrought costumes, props and sets in order to tell a story of such tedium.

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John P. McCarthy

America Magazine

Apr 28, 2014

Maxwell and Kauffman merit praise for acknowledging historical complexity, but the film's moral and aesthetic limitations keep Copperhead from entering this realm.

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Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Apr 14, 2014

2.5/5

There's a good story to be told somewhere in here, but they just couldn't get at it, choosing to stretch out and suffocate what good material they had, resulting in a bland and tedious tale that would fail to engage even the most avid history buff.

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Christopher Schobert

The Playlist

Jul 19, 2013

B-

For this audience, Ron Maxwell's film will prove entertaining and though-provoking, at the very least. For the rest, it is unlikely to provide much dramatic sustenance.

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Draco R

Nov 23, 2018

I am glad I NO LONGER go by what some of the audiences reviews are!! A lot said it was slow & boring & had no actions in it... The type of movie that it is doesn't require "fast action" for entertainment! It's a movie set during the American Civil War but it's not a war movie in itself. It's more along the lines of people beliefs & the political side of the war & how some families are split in their beliefs of the War. It has drama, love & substance! I think it's well put together and is written good as well! This IS NOT a big budget Hollywood film... It's an independent film that has a lot of thought & creativity behind it. It really cracks me up how people are rating movies on here these days! It seems more like they are rating the movie on what their expectations were & not how the actual movie was itself! I give it 3 1/2 stars overall & I really enjoyed the movie.

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Albus S

May 10, 2017

Like watching a slow version of a local town and gown but you don't have any friends or relatives to look forward to seeing.

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Synopsis

Abner Beech (Billy Campbell), a righteous farmer from upstate New York, exercises his right to free speech in a time when families are divided by the Civil War.

Director: Ronald F. Maxwell
Producer: Ronald F. Maxwell
Screenwriter: Bill Kauffman
Distributor: The Film Collective
Production Co: Swordspoint Productions
Rating: PG-13 (An Unsettling Sequence)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 28, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 27, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $171.7K
Runtime: 1h 58m

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