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Hick

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A pistol-packing teen (Chloë Grace Moretz) meets an unstable rebel (Eddie Redmayne) and a cocaine-snorting drifter (Blake Lively) as she hitchhikes her way out West.

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Critics Consensus

Hick's talented young star is ill served by a film whose story wavers between discomfitingly inappropriate and simply muddled.

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Stephen Fitzpatrick The Australian 10/01/2012
Hick is worth the effort -- and it does have some genuinely witty writing. Go to Full Review
Matt Singer Time Out Chicago 06/01/2012
1/5
And so it came to Chlo Grace Moretz, as it must to all child actors: puberty. Go to Full Review
Drew Hunt Chicago Reader 05/24/2012
Ambles back and forth between tomfoolery and strained seriousness. Go to Full Review
Richard Haridy Quickflix 11/25/2013
1/5
Derek Martini's second feature - after the competent Lymelife - is a confused mess of awkward tonal shifts and boring narrative tangents all encased in the discomforting shell of a Lolita fantasy. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed 07/25/2013
Just a notch above dismal. Even with the star power Go to Full Review
Matt Pais RedEye 05/24/2012
1.5/4
Recognizes that kids can't expect the grass to be greener but comes too close to suggesting that you can expect others to mow your lawn. Go to Full Review
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Ib H @Cyberkid 1d A life affirming road film with references to classic movies garnished with good country music. The visual surface is fantastic and enough for most painters in still images here. The vivid in the conversations, and behind it all ends up with a feeling that you are being pulled towards an ending that is not at all peaceful. The main role is played eminently by Chloe Grace. Loli escape home dancing, only to discover that life outside is not a bed of roses either. Where are you going, Pilgrim? could almost be a line from Liberty Valance. The same intention in both movies: To settle down with the woman of dreams without bothering to ask about the feelings of the chosen one. Eddie is never in her heart, and the tragedy is completed in a "menage et trois" with a joker. Loli lives in the encounter with the big world as a blonde, and leaves the scene running, dark and short-haired, heading for LA where Clement, her beloved lives. As Glendy puts it: "Churches are for brunettes" See more Layla W @RT27752599 Oct 20 one of my favorite movies ever idgaf what y'all say acting is amazing storyline hits so hard - has its funny moments and its tragic ones complex characters beautifully directed i love it from beginning to end See more Green C @Green242 Jul 23 It has its moments. If nothing else, a life lesson for any 13-year-old who thinks they want to run away from home. (side note: the irony of Alec Baldwin saying "I know guns. I know bullets. I know where they go. I know where they don't go.") See more SavingJoey T @RT70378045 Jun 7 It was ok but really strange at the same time. It was all over the place See more Epic G @RT78870635 01/19/2025 A disorganized and pretentious drama with no real point. The story of a young girl runaway in the South from a poor irresponsible family meets more irresponsible travelers. Weak attempt at a coming of age storyline with inappropriate sexualization, randomness, coincidental strangers, and forced situations that fall flat. Add in a dash of idealism for far too many tryhard ingredients that combine together like water and oil. A meaningless ending that makes you no better off for having watched it. Total shot and miss. See more Jack F @RT94021564 12/29/2024 I love this movie so much it never leaves my brain and the way that my favorite character that I fall in love with turns out to be a villian is one of my favorite type of genres. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A pistol-packing teen (Chloë Grace Moretz) meets an unstable rebel (Eddie Redmayne) and a cocaine-snorting drifter (Blake Lively) as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Director
Derick Martini
Producer
Steven Siebert, Christian Taylor, Jonathan Cornick
Screenwriter
Andrea Portes, Derick Martini
Distributor
Phase 4 Films
Production Co
Lighthouse Productions, Taylor Lane Productions
Rating
R (Drug Use|Drinking|Disturbing Content Inv. a Teen|Language|Violence)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 11, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 18, 2016
Runtime
1h 42m