Hellion
Jacob is a thirteen-year-old boy but his unlawful act is very serious. Association of protecting children has to send his younger brother - Wes - to his aunt. Jacob and his emotionless father have to take responsibility for their actions if they want to bring Wes back.
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21 June 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 May 1954, Houston, Texas, USA
27 August 1979, Emmett, Idaho, USA
2 November 1998, Houston, Texas, USA
27 July 1979
31 July 1970, Victoria, Texas, USA
July 23, 2014
"Hellion" has nothing if not empathy for every one of its characters. But without a more original story or a distinctive visual presence, it's hard for it to rise above a crowded field.
July 17, 2014
Wiggins gives the boy's struggles a raw realism, but it's not enough to shore up this slackly paced slice of sunbaked Texas miserabilism.
March 07, 2016
Candler paints this broken family with an authenticity that draws one in and forces us to feel their suffocating inability to escape their own pain.
July 11, 2014
The realism in "Hellion" is admirable, as are the actors' emotion performances. These wrenching qualities also make the film a tough sell.
August 24, 2014
"Hellion" just can't quite convince or coalesce its ideas of struggle, pain and fury in a meaningful or new way.
July 24, 2014
"Hellion" pads its slender, commonplace, but potentially rewarding premise with contrivances, clichés, repetitiousness, and, when all else fails, implausible, arbitrary melodrama.
July 17, 2014
Not that inarticulate characters can't be compelling if they are written with subtlety, acted with insight and, most of all, framed by a directorial vision, but "Hellion," despite a promising debut from Wiggins, falls short in at least two of the above.
July 31, 2014
Hellion paints a plaintive portrait of a family trapped in the bottom echelon of America's middle class.
July 03, 2014
The hellion of "Hellion" is Jacob Wilson, a 13-year-old Texas rebel with a cause. As played by a real teenager, Josh Wiggins, he's a force of nature.
July 10, 2014
Hellion fits into something I like to call the "festival bubble".
July 10, 2014
The acting overall is strong, but Paul, still testing the waters after "Breaking Bad," is extraordinarily controlled.
