Towheads | |
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Directed by | Shannon Plumb |
Written by | Shannon Plumb |
Produced by | Hunter Gray Alex Orlovsky |
Starring | Shannon Plumb Derek Cianfrance Lora Lee Gayer |
Cinematography | Brett Jutkiewicz |
Edited by | Joseph Krings |
Music by | Dave Wilder |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Towheads is a 2013 American drama film directed by Shannon Plumb and starring Shannon Plumb, Derek Cianfrance, and Lora Lee Gayer.
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At Metacritic, the film had mixed or average reviews with 56 out of 100 based on five critics. [1]
Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine gave the film a half star, noting that the film was "so tone deaf, unfunny, and generally wrongheaded". [2]
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