Calico Skies (film)

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Calico Skies
Directed byValerio Esposito
Written byValerio Esposito
Produced byValerio Esposito
Cristina Fanti
Starring
CinematographyMartim Vian
Edited byFederico Conforti
Music byAlberto Bof
Production
company
Hot Tub Films
Distributed by Freestyle Releasing
Release dates
November 13, 2016 (Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival)
August 15, 2018 (VOD)
Running time
89 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Italy
LanguageEnglish

Calico Skies is a 2016 American thriller drama film directed by Valerio Esposito, starring Tom Sizemore, Christina Bennett Lind, Vincent Pastore, Kiowa Gordon, Charlotte De Bruyne and Robert LaSardo.

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Cast

Reception

Paul Parcellin of Film Threat gave the film a score of 7 out of 10 and wrote that while "Sizemore inhabits his role as a loner so deftly that most of his interactions with secondary characters feel under-written and are less engaging than his solo time on screen", the "struggles, humanity and neurotic tendencies of his infectious character keep this strange tale of regret and doomed hope for salvation alive in the darkness of the desert’s blazing sunlight." [1]

Peter Martin of ScreenAnarchy wrote that while it is "worthwhile" to "watch Tom Sizemore in a lead role", his character "ultimately becomes frustrating as the central character because none of the few other characters rise up to balance his inaction with any meaningful responses until very late in the narrative." [2]

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References

  1. Parcellin, Paul (May 27, 2018). "CALICO SKIES". Film Threat . Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  2. Martin, Peter (August 15, 2017). "Review: CALICO SKIES, Quiet Desperation in the California Desert". ScreenAnarchy . Retrieved October 6, 2022.