Magic Valley (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Magic Valley
| image =
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| writer = Jaffe Zinn
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| music = Mads Heldtberg
Steve Damstra II
| cinematography =
| editing = Jaffe Zinn
| studio = Prominent Pictures
Hazard Filmworks
Foxxtale Productions
| director = Jaffe Zinn
| producer = Heather Rae
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2011|10|31|Rome Film Festival|2013|04|9|VOD|df=y}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Magic Valley is a 2011 American drama film directed by Jaffe Zinn, starring Scott Glenn, Kyle Gallner, Alison Elliott, Brad William Henke, Matthew Gray Gubler and Will Estes.
Cast
- Scott Glenn as Ed Halfner
- Kyle Gallner as T.J. Waggs
- Alison Elliott as Martha Garabrant
- Brad William Henke as Jerry Garabrant
- Matthew Gray Gubler as Mok
- Will Estes as Jimmy Duvante
- Daniel Frandson as Chad
- Landon Abercrombie as Jason
- Johnny Lewis as John
Release
The film premiered at the Rome Film Festival on 31 October 2011. The film was released to VOD on 9 April 2013.{{cite web |url= https://movieweb.com/exclusive-magic-valley-trailer/|title= Magic Valley Trailer [Exclusive]|last= Gallagher|first= Brian|date= 22 March 2013|website= MovieWeb|publisher= |access-date= 21 October 2022|quote=}}
Reception
Ronnie Scheib of Variety wrote that the film "puts its unique stamp on a ubiquitous dead-child theme".{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/magic-valley-1117945146/|title= Magic Valley|last= Scheib|first= Ronnie|date= 3 May 2011|website= Variety|publisher= |access-date= 21 October 2022|quote=}}
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter praised the performances of Glenn and Henke while writing that the film is "not quite the sum of its parts" and "never builds into either a nail-biting investigation nor into a truly captivating mediation on life and death in America’s heartland" despite "many well-executed sequences".{{cite web |url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/magic-valley-film-review-259466/|title= Magic Valley: Film Review|last= Mintzer|first= Jordan|date= 9 November 2011|website= The Hollywood Reporter|publisher= |access-date= 21 October 2022|quote=}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1527813|Magic Valley}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|magic_valley|Magic Valley}}