Movie · Drama · Comedy

When Mickey’s crazy stepson Leon is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the working class neighborhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey (Hoffman) tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother, Jeanie (Hendricks), demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.

2014 · 1h 28m
Director John Slattery

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God's Pocket

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When Mickey’s crazy stepson Leon is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the working class neighborhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey (Hoffman) tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother, Jeanie (Hendricks), demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.

COMMON SENSE

Edgy drama has good performances but is thin, depressing.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.4
Reviews 97
Fresh 35
Rotten 62

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Studio
IFC Films
Released
2014
Run Time
1 hr 28 min
Rated
R violence, language throughout and sexual content.
Region of Origin
United States
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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

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English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.