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Brian Cox (Succession) headlines the small movie that was first launched in theaters in June 2023, following a number of movie pageant appearances. The film has been obtainable on VOD platforms for fairly a while however will quickly be making its SVOD (streaming video on demand) debut by way of Netflix within the United States on March twenty third, 2024.
Cox stars alongside Sinqua Walls (Once Upon a Time, Power), Perry Mattfeld (In the Dark), Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond), and Wes Studi (Dances with Wolves). It was launched by the small film distributor Blue Fox Entertainment, finest identified for movies like The Inventor, Summer ’03, The Bouncer, Killerman, and The Railway Children.
Per the distributor, right here’s what you’ll be able to count on from the movie directed by Joshua Caldwell and written by Stephen Camelio:
“John Colter, a wounded veteran, returns to the States still carrying the demons of war, hauntingly disturbed by the everyday expectations of friendships and love interests. In Livingston, Montana, he meets Ike, a surly, headstrong fly-fisherman more than twice his age, and Lucy, a talented photographer turned librarian who reads aloud to veterans, both damaged in their own way. While getting treatment for his wounds, both physical and psychological, Colter wants only to re-enlist, to have something to die for. But the real challenge is finding something to live for”
While not plentiful, critic evaluations are glowing, with the film holding an 80% rating on RottenTomatoes on the time of publishing. Eddie Harrison for Film Authority stated, “Mending the Line is a careful, thoughtful look at the effects of PTSD that also manages to make wider points about how we heal.”
We additionally significantly preferred Charles Koplinksi’s evaluate for Reel Talk, which concluded, “Quiet and genuine, the film’s prescription for what ails you is applicable to a great many ailments, making it a movie well worth seeking out.”
Here are a couple of tidbits to segue into another subjects on SVOD debuts lately and another suggestions to tide you over. If you want extra Brian Cox goodness, the good horror film The Autopsy of Jane Doe is now streaming within the US, the place he stars alongside Emile Hirsch and Ophelia Lovibond.
This is considered one of a number of SVOD debuts Netflix US has had recently, with extra coming down the road. Most lately, we noticed the indie film Your Lucky Day debut on Netflix US, which has been doing nicely within the prime 10s since its launch. Also debuting for the primary time on streaming by way of Netflix in late March 2024 consists of the A24 film When You Finish Saving the World and the Sony horror-comedy film There’s Something within the Barn. They arrive on March twenty eighth and March twentieth, respectively.
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