David Gordon Green brings his unique voice to Hollywood, with excellent results.

Excerpt from my original review:

With Undertow, Green attempted to follow in the footsteps of great Southern Gothic storytellers like Tennessee Williams and Flannery `O Connor. With a screenplay co-authored by Joe Conway, based on a story by Lingard Jervey, and a big studio (MGM) behind him, Green must have felt the weight of millions of dollars and several studio execs strapped to his back.

Retro 70’s opening title graphics, Dermot Mulroney (Box of Moonlight), and enough beat-up Plymouths and Chryslers to fill a used car lot; at first Undertow appears to be a Tarantino-style homage to Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham.

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