Synopsis
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
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Cast
- Billy CrudupFH
- Samantha MortonMichelle
- Jack BlackGeorgie
- Denis LearyWayne
- Dennis HopperBill
- Holly HunterMira
- Michael ShannonDundun
- John VentimigliaMcInnes
- Will PattonJohn Smith
- Miranda JulyBlack-Eyed Nurse
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
The latter element joins with Crudup's excellent acting to make this deliberately scruffy tale a worthwhile experience if you can handle its explicitly sordid subplots. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Jesus' Son surprises me with moments of wry humor, poignancy, sorrow and wildness. It has a sequence as funny as any I've seen this year. - 83
Portland Oregonian
If the result doesn't make dazzling watching, it nonetheless has the power to haunt. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Another grotty drama about junkie love? Well, yes...I make an exception for Jesus' Son. - 80
Variety
An intermittently compelling and occasionally hilarious road movie. - 80
Salon
It has a nobility and modesty, along with a refreshing lack of cynical attitude, that you rarely find in independent films these days. - 80
Time
It's best to see this as a drug buffet. Graze through the vignettes... and you'll find three or four tasty bits to snack on. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
But for all the divine touches, FH is no Jesus, or even his son: He's just another wide-eyed American Adam on the road again, a dazed and confused Huck Finn of the highways.
