The Dry Land
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| Directed by | Ryan Piers Williams |
| Produced by | Heather Rae |
| Written by | Ryan Piers Williams |
| Starring | Ryan O’Nan America Ferrera Wilmer Valderrama Jason Ritter Melissa Leo |
| Distributed by | Maya Entertainment Freestyle Releasing[1] |
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $11,777[2] |
The Dry Land, or American Tragic, is a drama film, directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams. It opened worldwide on July 30, 2010.
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Plot
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Cast
- America Ferrera as Sarah
- Jason Ritter as Michael
- Ethan Suplee as Jack
- Wilmer Valderrama as Raymond Gonzales
- Melissa Leo as Martha
- June Diane Raphael as Susie
- Evan Jones as Joe Davis
- Ana Claudia Talancón as Adriana
- Sasha Spielberg as Sally
- Ryan O'Nan as James
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Colonel Stephen Evans
- Benito Martinez as David Valdez
- Diego Klattenhoff as Henry
- Misty Upham as Gloria
- Jenny Gabrielle as Tina
- Jeremiah Bitsui as Luis
Reception
The film received generally mixed to positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 61% of 23 critics gave the film a positive review, with a rating average of 5.4/10.[3] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 47 based on 10 reviews signifying "mixed or average reviews".[4]
Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "B" grade and praised Ryan O'Nan's "quietly riveting performance as an Iraq-war veteran who comes undone after he returns home to dusty Texas (the filmmaker's home turf)".[5]
The film received Imagen Awards nominations for best feature film and for America Ferrera as best actress.[6]
References
- ↑ http://freestylereleasing.com/the-dry-land/
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- ↑ Lisa Schwarzbaum, "The Dry Land (2010)", Entertainment Weekly, Jul 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Nominees for 25th Annual Imagen Awards Announced", Imagen Awards official website, July 2010.
