Synopsis
A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.
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Cast
- Shea WhighamThe Man
- Michael ShannonChief Moore
- Catalina Sandino MorenoCelia
- Bobby SotoValentin
- Bruno BichirDavid Martin
- Ku Feng
- Jimmy Gonzales
- Abel BecerraDeputy Garcia
- Rose BiancoAna Paula
- Julia VeraRosario
Recommendations
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The Playlist
Its leads deliver, individually and especially together, and Teems somehow manages to sound a note of reserved hope at the picture’s conclusion, without sacrificing the inherent nihilism of the genre. - 70
Los Angeles Times
An ambitious combination of suspense thriller and brooding treatise on existential themes, The Quarry feels like a throwback to the era of late-night cable movies, when art, ambition and genre pulp would often collide. - 67
The Film Stage
What makes The Quarry compelling is the fact that we know from the start that Whigham isn’t a monster. His performance is too full of heartbreak and remorse for that to be true. This man is caught within a loop he knows he can stop if he only finds the courage to do so. It’s not easy. - 63
Movie Nation
But Teems and his team get a nice spin on Southern Gothic tropes and types, and The Quarry makes for a slow, simmering tale that has glorious performances and rewards, even in its noticeable shortcomings. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Sensitive performances only go so far toward generating sparks in the slow-moving film, which never becomes the crime-and-punishment nail-biter it might've been. - 50
Slant Magazine
Only Michel Shannon’s off-kilter timing brings The Quarry to sporadic life. - 50
The A.V. Club
This muddled slow-burn tragedy — adapted from the Damon Galgut novel of the same name — is unfocused and overly familiar. It also fumbles its political commentary. - 50
Boston Globe
Watching Shea Whigham and Michael Shannon in The Quarry is like watching two highly qualified surgeons try to jolt a comatose patient back to life. They get the limbs twitching nicely, but the heart never turns over and starts running.
