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Gun Hill Road

Play trailer Poster for Gun Hill Road R,  2011,  1h 28m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 65% 31 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
65% Tomatometer 31 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
After a three-year stint in prison, an ex-con returns home and tries to put his family back together, but his son's sexual transformation puts their fragile bonds to the test.
Gun Hill Road

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Critics Consensus

Equal parts absorbing and educational, Gun Hill Road wears its heart on its sleeve through tender performances that make up for its narrative familiarity.

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Lisa Kennedy Denver Post Oct 21, 2011
3/4
Gun Hill Road is shot through with performances at once intense and relaxed. Go to Full Review
Wesley Morris Boston Globe Sep 15, 2011
3/4
Feels like it's been workshopped, from its string of coincidences to its tidy downbeat conclusion in which Green stabs at irony with a dull knife. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Aug 11, 2011
3/5
Before some predictable, freedom-threatening recidivism on Enrique's part, the film exhibits a simultaneously anthropological and sensitive interest in Michael's day-to-day life... Go to Full Review
Alexander Ryll Gay Essential Sep 15, 2019
Films like Gun Hill Road with Latino leads are a rarity in independent gay cinema. The film further sets itself apart in that one of its leads is transgendered on screen as well as in real-life. Go to Full Review
Laura Hiros Rincón de cine Mar 20, 2018
4/5
... will give you goosebumps. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Richard Knight Knight at the Movies Dec 30, 2011
Though the story follows a familiar trajectory, Gun Hill Road offers a lot of fresh insight into the day-to-day transgender experience. Go to Full Review
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Anakin S Feb 9, 2019 Daddy issues. Young man's struggle for sexual identity is caught up in the loss of his dad to prison.
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Rashaad Ernesto Green

Director

Esai Morales

Enrique

Judy Reyes

Angela

Harmony Santana

Michael

Miriam Colon

Gloria

Vincent Laresca

Hector

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Synopsis After a three-year stint in prison, an ex-con returns home and tries to put his family back together, but his son's sexual transformation puts their fragile bonds to the test.
Director
Rashaad Ernesto Green
Producer
Michelle-Anne M. Small
Screenwriter
Rashaad Ernesto Green
Distributor
Motion Film Group
Production Co
SimonSays Entertainment, The Princess Grace Foundation
Rating
R (Language|Strong Sexual Content|Some Violence)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 5, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 5, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$149.0K
Runtime
1h 28m
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