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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0807839002201 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Tla Languages: Manufacturer: Tla MPN: D145D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tla Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 08, 2005 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Tla Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Editorial Review: Description: In America Brown, a coming-of-age drama, high school football star Ricky Brown (Ryan Kwanten) flees his hometown in west Texas to start a new life in New York City. There he begins to cope with the accidental death of his older brother, Daniel (Michael Rapaport), and the lingering pressures of a small town's football-crazed culture. Ricky turns up on the doorstep of his childhood hero, the last great quarterback from his hometown, John Cross (Hill Harper), now a priest in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. After an emotional stay in New York, Ricky returns to Texas to confront what forced him to flee. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Confusing film with poorly drawn charactersThis review contains spoilers. Without a rather moving and effective scene at the 1:03 mark of the film, this might have been a complete loss. There were so many things that didn't make sense, and in the end the moral of the story, frankly, really ticked me off. "Just go and play football, son, use the gifts that God has given you, or I will throw you behind bars." We're given hints that Ricky, played in sporadic bursts of hokey and endearing by Ryan Kwatsen, ... Read More Rating: - Incomplete--Spoiler Alert!This is one of the most imcomplete films I've ever seen. If "Ricky Brown" weren't such a likable and attractive character, I believe this film would have been unbearable. The character of the ex football player turned priest was just weird. His silence throughout the first half of the film was either bad direction or a case of over-emoting. I really wanted to like this film, as the preview on In Demand made it seem good. Actually, the preview on In Demand made it seem like a very different movie. ... Read More Rating:  - An obscure gem of an independent movieI thought I'd write a little blurb about an independent movie I've seen that got little publicity, shown practically nowhere, and has been seen by practically no one. The script is great, though there is very little humor and filled with many awkward silences so it's a bit hard-hitting. But that's understandable knowing the situation the main character is in. The waitress who plays Vera is the same girl who played the "band camp girl" in American Pie movies. She's adorable here as Ricky's first love, ... Read More Rating: - A Fish out of Water, Learning to SwimAMERICA BROWN is one of those little Indie films that creeps up on you and despite the technical flaws and obvious low budget milieu makes a solid impact as a bit a Americana worth visiting. America Brown aka Ricky Brown (Ryan Kwanten) is a highschool senior who happens to be a football star in his tiny West Texas town where Bo (Leo Burmester) and Coach (Frankie Faison) have pinned there efforts to break into the big time in football if Ricky fulfills his expectations. Ricky lives with his beautician ... Read More |
