Hollywood Reporter
Olmos balances a grim tale of corporate exploitation, environmental degradation and the plight of the American farmer with delightful buddy-comedy pairings.
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The Devil Has a Name
In this drama based on real events, Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn (Nomadland) plays a farmer fighting a legal battle with an oil matriarch (Kate Bosworth, Still Alice) after his water is poisoned. Co-stars Emmy-nominee Pablo Schreiber (Orange is the New Black), Golden Globe-nominee Alfred Molina (Frida) and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen (The West Wing).
2021Rating: M, Mature themes, violence, coarse language, sexual references and drug use97 minsUSATrue Navigator Media
DramaTrue Story & Biography
- Director:
- Edward James Olmos ('American Me', 'Jack and Marilyn')
- Writer:
- Robert McEveety
- Cast:
- Edward James OlmosHaley Joel OsmentMartin SheenKate BosworthAlfred MolinaDavid StrathairnPablo SchreiberKatie Aselton
The Devil Has a Name / Reviews
The Guardian
Any poignance Stern's David-vs-Goliath fight might have possessed is undermined by a flowery script that's over-fond of quick comebacks.
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RogerEbert.com
An angry movie that's angry about the right things. But it's so angry that it gets a little crazy about it.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Not your average legal thriller... with an eclectic mix of actors playing the heroes and villains, most of them peculiar in some way.
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