Hick (2011)

Directed by

Derick Martini

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, girls with guns, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 452 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 13-year-old girl runs away from her neglectful parents in Nebraska and heads to Las Vegas. On the road she encounters a drifter and a troubled young woman.

rawdarkly humorousunevenroad-tripbleakgrittyunsettling

What happens

Hick is a 2011 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Derick Martini from a screenplay by Andrea Portes, based on Portes' 2007 novel of the same name. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Eddie Redmayne, Rory Culkin, Juliette Lewis, Ray McKinnon, Anson Mount, Blake Lively, and Alec Baldwin. It follows Luli (Moretz), a 13-year-old Nebraskan girl who runs away from her neglectful parents and sets out for Las Vegas. Along the way, she meets a drifter (Redmayne) and a troubled young woman (Lively). The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011. It was released in the United States by Phase 4 Films on video on demand on May 8, 2012, and in select theaters on May 11. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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