Synopsis
Many years after a devastating accident that took the life of his only son and permanently injured his wife, Joe finally comes home and tries to redeem himself.
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Cast
- Billy Bob ThorntonJoe
- Lisa BlountChrystal
- Max KaschShorty
- Grace ZabriskieGladys
- David RhodesYoung Man
- Richard J. MooneyGrandaddy
- Harry LennixKalid
- Johnny GaleckiBarry
- Kathryn HowellMiss Mabel
- Walton GogginsLarry
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A grand story of redemption, laced with barbecued wit and slopped with intrigue, Chrystal is a high heaping of brilliant storytelling. - 75
Charlotte Observer
One of those movies that sticks to your mind like a briar to wool slacks. It has no revelations, no high drama, no heartbreaking tragedy. What it does have is bone-deep honesty, and that's enough for once. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Chrystal unravels a bit toward the end as it becomes more fable-like, but the performances make it worthwhile. - 70
Variety
Respectable piece of work is reasonably involving if not compelling. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Even at its most contrived, the filmmakers believe in this project so passionately that its atmosphere seems absolutely real. - 60
Film Threat
Dark and quiet is the tone from start to finish. - 60
L.A. Weekly
McKinnon's direction is nothing if not atmospheric -- his best scenes unfold with a pungent languor that suggests the power of the backwoods to turn hours into days and days into years. If only the sum total were a movie more "In the Bedroom" than it is everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. - 60
The A.V. Club
If the people in Chrystal are intended to be authentic, why do none of them look like they've ever seen the inside of a Wal-Mart?
