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- 2006
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 2 m
- 2006
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 2 m
Summary A dark drama about an aging movie star who sets off on road trip that leads to a complicated family reunion.
Directed By: Wim Wenders
Written By: Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders
- 2006
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 2 m
- 2006
- R
- Sony Pictures Classics
- 2 h 2 m
Don't Come Knocking
55
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Summary A dark drama about an aging movie star who sets off on road trip that leads to a complicated family reunion.
Directed By: Wim Wenders
Written By: Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
55
44% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
11% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
55
44% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
44% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
11% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Beautifully shot in rich colors by Franz Lustig, it's possibly Wenders' most accessible film to date, and among his most emotionally satisfying.
It has long been clear that Shepard is a rare double talent. He has flourished, rightly, as a playwright, and he is also a compelling film actor. His face does more for the reality of this picture than anything he wrote in the script.
T Bone Burnett's soundtrack has the appropriate twang to give Wenders' Hopperesque tableaux a nice, filmic poetry. But as arresting as the images are, Shepard's clunky, soap-opera banter brings most everything, and everyone, crashing down to earth.
Strikes some resonant chords but also hits notes that simply don't ring true and are borderline risible at times
Only Lange is a powerful enough presence to raise a flicker of realistic emotion from this kind of stuff.
It's "Broken Flowers" with bourbon and ten-gallons and meta-country soundtrack warbles.
Pretentious drama.
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Production Company
Reverse Angle International,
Arte France Cinéma,
EuroArts Medien AG,
Network Movie Film-und Fernsehproduktion,
Océan Films,
Recorded Picture Company (RPC),
Road Movies Filmproduktion,
Sony Pictures Classics,
ZDF/Arte,
Reverse Angle Production,
Wim Wenders Stiftung
Release Date Mar 17, 2006
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating R
Awards
European Film Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
