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Memphis

Play trailer Poster for Memphis 2013,  1h 19m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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74% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 39% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A singer with an angelic voice wanders around Memphis.

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Ty Burr Boston Globe Oct 2, 2014
3/4
"Memphis" is poetry. Go to Full Review
John DeFore Washington Post Sep 18, 2014
2/4
Even those who find it a bore will agree it's a pleasure to look at, and not only because Beal cleans up nicely as a suit-wearing slacker in a snappy chapeaux. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai Los Angeles Times Sep 11, 2014
The film feels like a sketch rather than a portrait, beautifully rendered but incomplete in the details. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Sep 5, 2019
3/5
While Memphis may not always engage as powerfully as it could, it's a striking experimental portrait of the pressure to create for the consumption of others. Go to Full Review
Cameron Ward One Room With A View Jun 8, 2019
4/5
Tim Sutton's experimental arrangement of the "one-hit-wonder" thematically explores the guilt, grief and sadness of wasted talent; the melancholic descent to normalcy. Go to Full Review
Dan Mecca The Film Stage Jun 21, 2016
B+
There's a self-awareness to both Sutton's direction and Willis' performance that deflates some of the potential pretentiousness from the proceedings. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Tim Sutton

Director

Willis Earl Beal

Actor

Constance Brantley

Actor

Larry Dodson

Actor

Devonte Hull

Actor

Lopaka Thomas

Actor

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Movie Info

Synopsis A singer with an angelic voice wanders around Memphis.
Director
Tim Sutton
Producer
John Baker, Alexandra Byer
Screenwriter
Tim Sutton
Production Co
Alcon Entertainment
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 6, 2015
Runtime
1h 19m
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