Screen Door Jesus

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Screen Door Jesus

R,

2005,

1h 55m,

Comedy/

Drama

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82%

11 Reviews

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28%

250+ Ratings

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82%

Tomatometer

11 Reviews

28%

Popcornmeter

250+ Ratings

In a small East Texas town, the inhabitants are either bored, self-righteous, scheming or all three. It seems nothing occurs to shake their daily routines. However, all of that changes when Mother Harper (Cynthia Dorn) finds a curious thing imprinted on her screen door: the image of Jesus Christ. With talk of a miracle circulating high and low, the once-obscure town attracts all kinds of fanatics and believers, while locals from the mayor (Richard Dillard) on down are affected.

Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

Dec 8, 2006

4/5

...A slyly observed slice of Americana.

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Richard Nilsen

Arizona Republic

Dec 1, 2005

3/5

Screen Door Jesus demonstrates why [Robert] Altman is a genius and [director Kirk] Davis is a novice.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Oct 22, 2005

3/5

It's a knowing, dare I say sweet, little film that takes pains to let the characters speak for themselves, never rallying behind an implicit religious message, which may be the best message of all.

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

Oct 2, 2007

B

An overlooked and ignored gem.

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Luke Y. Thompson

L.A. Weekly

Dec 7, 2006

...it's refreshing to see a film that not only doesn't demonize, but actually distinguishes between different strains of old-time Southern religion.

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Sep 17, 2006

3/5

Davis has ambition to burn and should be commended for shooting for the stars. That he had to go through the entire Old and New Testaments to try to get there is, alas, unfortunate.

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Synopsis

In a small East Texas town, the inhabitants are either bored, self-righteous, scheming or all three. It seems nothing occurs to shake their daily routines. However, all of that changes when Mother Harper (Cynthia Dorn) finds a curious thing imprinted on her screen door: the image of Jesus Christ. With talk of a miracle circulating high and low, the once-obscure town attracts all kinds of fanatics and believers, while locals from the mayor (Richard Dillard) on down are affected.

Director: Kirk Davis
Producer: Sam Adelman, David Stuart
Distributor: Indican Pictures
Production Co: FCM Productions Inc.
Rating: R (Language|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2005, Original
Release Date (DVD): Apr 17, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $41.6K
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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