Back Fork Explained

Back Fork
Starring:
Cinematography:Ellie Ann Fenton
Editing:Yaniv Dabach
Studio:Allegheny Image Factory
Back Fork Productions
Director:Josh Stewart
Producer:Josh Stewart
Tony Sgro
Jeffrey Tinnell
Robert Tinnell
Distributor:Uncork'd Entertainment
Runtime:98 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Back Fork is a 2019 American drama film directed by Josh Stewart, starring Josh Stewart, A. J. Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Wade Williams and Dorothy Lyman.

Plot

Once a hardworking family-man, Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and a destructive lifestyle.

Cast

Release

The film was released on 5 April 2019.

Reception

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter praised Stewart's performance and wrote that while the film "doesn’t break any new ground either in terms of substance or style", it "packs a quiet punch".[1]

Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called the film "hushed, poetic and intimate", despite the fact that "we never get a sense of the characters’ true anguish and pain".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Back Fork': Film Review. Scheck. Frank. 5 April 2019. The Hollywood Reporter. 5 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Review: Josh Stewart’s ‘Back Fork’ is a beautiful, if muted, tale of the drug crisis in West Virginia. Walsh. Katie. 3 April 2019. Los Angeles Times. 5 October 2022.