Joe Bell

Joe Bell

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Drama

Redemption is a journey you can't take alone.

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Writer: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Eva Maria Daniels, Riva Marker, Ryan Ahrens, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.

93 min Rating: 6.53/10 Released
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Top Cast

Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
 Joe Bell
Reid Miller
Reid Miller
 Jadin Bell
Connie Britton
Connie Britton
 Lola Bell
Maxwell Jenkins
Maxwell Jenkins
 Joseph Bell
Morgan Lily
Morgan Lily
 Marcie
Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise
 Sheriff Westin

Movie Info

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Writer: Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Producer: Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Eva Maria Daniels, Riva Marker, Ryan Ahrens, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg

Production Companies: Nine Stories Productions, Argent Pictures, Endeavor Content, Parliament of Owls, Rhea Films, Stay Gold Features, VisionChaos Productions, Closest to the Hole Productions, Hercules Film Fund, Leverage Entertainment

Countries: United States of America, Switzerland, Luxembourg

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CinemaSerf: Reid Miller is quite engaging here as the bullied gay youngster Jadin Bell. His time at school is torrid, and he seems unable to secure any help to protect him from the bigoted assholes he must face each day. His father (Mark Wahlberg) is supportive, but in a 'don't ask don't tell" sort of fashion, the appalling position also taken by the principal at his school. Eventually, the pressure all just proves too much and the young man takes his own life. This inspires his father to try to walk from their home to New York raising the issues of homophobia and bullying as he goes. Wahlberg's name is what will do the work here; his participation in highlighting these issues of both physical and psychological intimidation ought to resound with whomever watches this, reads about it, or sees any of his publicity blurb. As a piece of cinema, though, it's pretty mediocre. Barring a scene with the two leads doing a bit of a Lady Gaga routine, the drama and the acting are fairly sterile and it takes recourse to a few handsome, but cop-out, power ballads when the script runs out of anything meaningful to say. It's a shocking testament that this still goes on in 2022 in a nation that purports to be civilised - and though this film, in itself, is largely forgettable, let's hope the message isn't.