Film · 2014

God's Pocket

Name: God's Pocket
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2014-05-09
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Michael Kaycheck, Christina Hendricks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eddie Marsan, Caleb Landry Jones

Directed by John Slattery · starring Michael Kaycheck, Christina Hendricks and Philip Seymour Hoffman

1 h 28 min
15
Drama · Crime
USA
Released in the UK 7 August 2014

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4.6 Users4 votes
6.3 Critics10 reviews

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Synopsis

Situated on Philadelphia fictitious neighborhood, God's Pocket, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Mickey Scarpato, whose crazy stepson Leon dies in an accident during construction course. Mickey tries to cover this death and bury the body, but when a local reporter starts snooping around, things start to go wrong, as the woman Mickey starts logically ask questions about what happened. The protagonist is trapped in a life or death matter composed of a body can not be buried and a wife who can not meet this all together and a debt we can not pay. Based on the same name novel written by Pete Dexter.

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The essentials

Runtime: 88 min1 hour and 28 minutes
Budget: $1mPark Pictures
Rating: 15Suitable only for 15 years and over

How long is God's Pocket?: 1 hour and 28 minutes (88 minutes).
When was God's Pocket released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 7 August 2014.
Who directed God's Pocket?: John Slattery.
Who is in God's Pocket?: It stars Michael Kaycheck, Christina Hendricks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Eddie Marsan.
Where can I watch God's Pocket?: In the UK it is available free on Prime Video and to rent on Apple TV.

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Cast

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Director: John Slattery
Writers: John Slattery
Producers: Dean Devlin, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Galt Niederhoffer, John Slattery

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'God's Pocket' trailer 2:228 March 2016

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Reviews

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4.6 4 votes

What the critics say average 6.3 from 10 outlets

8.8 New York PostKyle Smith "As for Hoffman, the shambling Everyman naturalism he shows here gives God?s Pocket an added elegiac layer that makes its bitter ironies that much more painful". Read
8.3 The A.V. ClubIgnatiy Vishnevetsky The performance, one of Hoffman?s last, is unostentatious, but sensitive. Hoffman inhabited lifelong losers better than any other actor. Read
8.0 VultureDavid Edelstein "Slattery adapted the book with Alex Metcalf and gets the tone just right. The film is damnably amusing". Read