Don't Come Knocking

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Don't Come Knocking

R,

2005,

2h 5m,

Drama

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Washed-up movie star Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) spends his days drowning his sorrows in an endless stream of drugs and alcohol, but news that he may have fathered a child offers him a ray of hope. He sets out to find his offspring and discovers a whole life that he has missed.

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The cinematography conjures beautifully evocative landscapes, but aside from that, the film is meandering and pointless.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Oct 30, 2017

Despite the film's false notes, its balladlike moods ring true.

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Richard Falcon

Sight & Sound

Sep 28, 2006

[It has] a terrific sense of place, something missing from much contemporary US cinema.

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

By the time we get to the point where the camera is endlessly circling Shepard sitting on a sofa in the middle of the street, it feels as if he and his director were making things up as they went along.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Aug 30, 2009

The bitterness of the playwright's vision is expanded by the director's fascinated fondness for American culture

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 20, 2009

C

Apart from an extraordinary scene of attempted reconciliation between Shepard and Lange "Don't Come Knocking" is an inflated drama that lies stagnate on the screen.

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Jonathan Kiefer

Sacramento News & Review

Aug 7, 2008

3/5

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Rey W

Jul 11, 2017

A man's journey into his past turns up a son he never knew that he had and small town living that clearly doesn't care if he's around or not. Wenders makes a pretty film, but an aging movie star who flees a set and goes on a journey of...personal discovery (?) just never fully engages the audience, as he doesn't seem to know why he's there either, y'know? It's an okay time-waster, but I would be hard pressed to say when I would revisit this one. A rental, at best.

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Synopsis

Washed-up movie star Howard Spence (Sam Shepard) spends his days drowning his sorrows in an endless stream of drugs and alcohol, but news that he may have fathered a child offers him a ray of hope. He sets out to find his offspring and discovers a whole life that he has missed.

Director: Wim Wenders
Producer: Peter Schwartzkopff, Karsten Brünig, In-Ah Lee
Screenwriter: Sam Shepard
Production Co: Road Movies
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Mar 17, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $438.7K
Runtime: 2h 5m

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