Cover (film)

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Cover
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DVD Cover
Directed by Bill Duke
Written by
Produced by
  • Michael A. DiManno
  • Bill Duke
  • Warren Kohler
  • Corey Redmond
Starring
Cinematography Francis Kenny
Edited byCari Coughlin
Music by Kurt Farquhar
Production
companies
Duke Media
Redmond Enterprises
Redwood Palms Pictures
Distributed byAmerican Cinema International
Release dates
  • October 28, 2007 (2007-10-28)(American Black Film Festival)
  • February 22, 2008 (2008-02-22)(United States)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$79,436 [1]

Cover is a drama thriller film produced and directed by Bill Duke and starring Aunjanue Ellis, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, and Leon. It opened at selective theaters on February 22, 2008.

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Plot

A woman accused could be either a killer or a victim in this psychological drama from director Bill Duke. Valerie Mass is a God-fearing housewife and artist who one day finds herself in a situation she never imaged possible—being questioned on murder charges by no-nonsense police detective Hicks and Simmons, a district attorney eager to close this case.

As Valerie repeatedly insists she's not a murderer, she tells the story of the last several months of her life. Valerie's husband, Dutch, is a psychiatrist with a practice in Atlanta who was offered a high-paying job by his old friend Monica, who works at a hospital in Philadelphia. Dutch takes the job and Valerie dutifully follows, and she seeks solace in the women's support group at local church.

Dutch spends more and more time with drug-abusing Monica, her wealthy but uninterested husband, Kevin, and obsessively womanizing musician Ryan Chambers. As Valerie's marriage begins to fall apart, she suspects her husband is being unfaithful, but she's shocked to discover the truth is more complicated than she imagined.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Metacritic, the film holds 30 out of a 100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [2]

Peter Debruge of Variety criticized the director Bill Duke for "aims[ing] for social awareness, but deliver[ing] second-rate melodrama instead". [3]

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References

  1. "Cover". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  2. "Cover". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  3. Debruge, Peter (February 26, 2008). "Cover". Variety .