Silo (film)

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Silo
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Directed byMarshall Burnette
Written byMarshall Burnette
Jason Williamson
Starring Jim Parrack
Jill Paice
Jack DiFalco
Jeremy Holm
Danny Ramirez
Chris Ellis
Release dates
  • October 12, 2019 (2019-10-12)(Louisville)
  • May 7, 2021 (2021-05-07)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Silo is a 2019 American thriller drama film directed by Marshall Burnette and starring Jim Parrack, Jill Paice, Jack DiFalco, Jeremy Holm, Danny Ramirez and Chris Ellis. The film premiered at the 2019 Louisville's International Festival of Film. [1]

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Plot summary

In a small farming town, Cody, a local teen and aspiring musician, becomes trapped in a 50-foot grain silo. Volunteer Fire Chief Frank and the farms owner, Junior work to save him before he dies. Along the way they and the rest of the community must overcome their difference's. 

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Release

The film was released on May 7, 2021. [2]

Reception

The film has a 62 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews. [3]

Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars and wrote, "The shooting is picturesque, the acting overbaked." [4]

Jacob Oller of Paste rated the film a 4.1 and wrote, "There’s a very scary, thrilling, insightful movie to be made about these kinds of accidents and the people they happen to. Silo isn’t it." [2]

Brian Shaer of Film Threat rated the film a 9.5 out of 10 and wrote, "But rest assured that soon enough, this small, unassuming film reveals its true nature as one of the scariest movies I’ve seen in a long time." [5]

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References

  1. Adams, Kirby (October 9, 2019). "From 'Frasier' to JLaw, here's what to know about Louisville's International Film Festival". Courier Journal. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Oller, Jacob (May 7, 2021). "Dramatic Filler Buries Silo's Agricultural Survival Story". Paste. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. "Silo". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  4. Kenny, Glenn (May 7, 2021). "Silo". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  5. Shaer, Brian (May 7, 2021). "Silo". Film Threat. Retrieved December 11, 2021.