The World Made Straight
In a rural Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past
1990, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
12 February 1936, Blairsville, Georgia, USA
10 April 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 January 1958, Wise, Virginia, USA
30 March 1966, New York City, New York, USA
7 May 1950, Huntington, West Virginia, USA
4 June 1971, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
24 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 October 1993, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
January 12, 2015
Mature coming-of-age adaptation has violence, drugs.
January 08, 2015
A strong sense of place emerges, if not a consuming narrative, as the filmmaker strains to connect a 1970s coming-of-age story to historical records and bigger thematic arcs - namely, bloodlines and bloodshed in a rural community.
January 07, 2015
Fine performances compensate for the overwrought elements of this rural-set drama.
January 11, 2015
Yes, this is one of those low-budget gems you're always hearing about. Sub-par production values, certainly. But an intriguing story with excellent acting.
June 06, 2016
The Civil War was about the South not wanting to give up its slaves. Now it won't give up its drugs. 'Rednecks and drugs: one of the worst hookups of the '60s.'
January 13, 2015
The film illustrates how the most powerful and welcome stabilizing forces in human life - history, family, geography - can turn so easily into deadly traps.
January 08, 2015
An overcooked adaptation of a novel by Ron Rash.
July 23, 2015
The film's story is a simple one, which makes its two-hour running time absolutely confounding.
January 09, 2015
For all the good intentions and native hands behind the camera, The World Set Straight never seems particularly credible or convincing as a fresh look at regional history.
January 08, 2015
Jeremy Irvine is the sympathetic focus, but it's Noah Wyle who holds the movie together, as a former teacher who lost his job through a malicious student's prank.
January 09, 2015
There's an authenticity to the characters and the atmosphere in this deliberately paced drama.
January 08, 2015
The performances are strong... and Earle is particularly memorable. The film glows with a dark energy when he's on screen. But it's too long, has a musical soundtrack that's often intrusive, and sometimes sags when it should be taut with tension
