March 21, 2008
I did not really like this movie.
Charleen Swansea, Patricia Neal, Ross McElwee
North Carolina produces more tobacco than any other state in America. Here the filmmaker describes a journey taken across the social, economic, and psychological tobacco terrain of North Carolina by a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005
Stats: 29 reviews
Critic Reviews
December 3, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
December 2, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
McElwee's autobiographical films ... are leisurely jaunts with a gentle humor that never mocks his subjects. full review
September 24, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Where most documentaries offer us facts to hold on to, [McElwee's] are obsessed with the mystery of things we don't know and never will. full review
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