Share! Post your hickified photo to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Hick it to the next level with memes and props from the movie. Add a mullet, ’stache, bandana and more, including real looks from Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser. Take a photo or choose one from the camera roll. Take a selfie, add your own hick style and share it with friends! Still, it may be worth seeing just for the performances alone, which are as said fantastic all-around.Hick Yourself gives everyone a chance to be more like Joe Dirt. The movie has good intentions, and David Gordon Green is usually a solid director, but the way the plot unravels seems a bit contrived at times. Sheridan is special as well, and Poulter (an actual homeless man discovered and casted by the director) is Shakespearean level terrifying in his portrayal of a man with truly no soul. The real treat here is the absolutely outstanding acting, especially from Cage who shows once again why he is one of the best actors on the planet when he is not doing stupid, silly blockbusters. Here, the direction seems scattershot, like it does not know where it is going or what the point of the story is outside of "abuse is bad". However, what made "Mud" special was how the plot unfolded in a natural way and there seemed to be some direction behind the plot narrative. This film resembles "Mud" in many ways, especially by the presence of Sheridan who was in that film as well. The story and even the trailer seem to be a little dull, most people will look at this film and see it as too slow and dramatic, and at first, I thought so too, but as the film progresses it just gets better and better, ascending to the level of a must see movie.Ī grimy, dirty story of an ex-con named Joe (Nicolas Cage), who is running a successful tree poisoning business, until he slowly starts to become a father figure to an abused young boy (Tye Sheridan) who desperately wants to work for him and get away from his dangerous father (the late Gary Poulter). That being said, Cage still has it and together with Sheridan make for one of the most interesting and unique films I've seen all year. Nicholas Cage is equally as good in a role that is more dramatic than most of things he's done lately. Sheridan is a kid who came out of nowhere to star in the independent film, Mud, and since then has become known for making these super dark, intense films, where he plays a quiet, reserved character that one can't help but root for. While Tye Sheridan is not Jennifer Lawrence, his more quiet demeanor makes him more likable in the eyes of the viewer. This film is very similar to, Winter's Bone, which also had a young lead trying to save her siblings. The real action is spaced out, but when something happens, the intensity is off the charts. This is one of these really dark, slow moving dramas, where everything may or may not be important to the story. Joe is no saint though, as he has his own criminal past and is reluctant to get involved. Gary is a hard worker who comes to see his boss as more of a father figure than his own father, and when things get bad, he's turns to Joe for help. One day while out in the woods, he comes across Joe, a man who owns a lumber company and persuades him to give him a job. Gary's family is difficult to say the least, both his parents are drug addicts, and it's up to him to earn a living to support his sister. The story is called Joe, and you'll figure out why by the end, but to be honest, I saw this film more as a coming of age story, with the majority of the focus on Gary (Tye Sheridan). In this remake of a 1970 film by the same name, Nicholas Cage plays Joe, an ex-con and unlikely hero to a fifteen year old boy.
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