Hick

2011

Action / Comedy / Drama

42
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 36% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 36% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 21606 21.6K

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Plot summary

A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.

Director

Derick Martini Photo
Derick Martini

Top cast

Chloë Grace Moretz Photo
Chloë Grace Moretz as Luli McMullen
Juliette Lewis Photo
Juliette Lewis as Tammy
Blake Lively Photo
Blake Lively as Glenda
Shaun Sipos Photo
Shaun Sipos as Blane
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753.74 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 2
1.44 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by potatometer 6 / 10

Great 80s Vibe

This movie wasn't that great, but I think it was better than most of the reviews would suggest. I like films that meander, though. The main character is kind of smart and kind of stupid and has no idea what she's doing. I think that's pretty realistic for a 13 year old runaway. They're not always going to do things that make sense.I thought the acting was pretty good. I like how it was shot. I like the time period and thought they did a pretty good job depicting rural America in the 80s. How it looked, how it felt. It's little things like the radio that was from the 70s or maybe even the 60s. In lots of period films they stuff the whole thing full of objects from the 80s, but that's not how people live. Particular poor people will have some older stuff around. There were some nice details like that.
Reviewed by Rickting 4 / 10

Undeserving of its cast

In this road movie, Chloe Grace Moretz plays a teenager running away from her rough home life believing she's destined for a better life. She goes on the road encountering a bunch of horrible characters and various unpleasant things happen. That's sort of it. Hick is a movie few have seen and one which critics seem to loath. The 5% rating on Rotten Tomatoes is a little unfair, but this isn't a great movie. It's a watchable one however, and due to the quality of the acting it took me half the movie to realize it was genuinely pretty poor. Without the acting and direction this would be a cast iron flop. In her most underrated performance, Chloe Grace Moretz is fantastic as the main character, and the rest of the cast are surprisingly good as well. It's also a talented director, as the cinematography and direction is unexpectedly skilled. Derick Martini seems to be an independent director who hasn't got lucky. Unfortunately, he, Chloe Grace Moretz,, Eddie Redmayne and all the others are stuck with a script which doesn't deserve any of them.Hick is a totally pointless film if there ever was one. Nothing much happens and the objective to get to Las Vegas is forgotten very quickly. Random unpleasant events happen, but there's no message or meaning to it at all. It's mildly well done, but it's unpleasant without purpose. It at times feels like a collage of road movie conventions rendered in the ugliest way imaginable. The script, although it has some inspired lines, is pretty terrible. As there's no real point the film feels slight and forgettable as a result, and there will be few who even know it exists. There is a good scene where the main character talks about her dead brother which is surprisingly moving. The acting is fine all around, and the film proves child actors don't (always) deserve the hate. However, it just doesn't add up to anything or go anywhere and this road movie is like a broken down bus on the highway that isn't going anywhere. By the end, Moretz's protagonist hasn't learned anything. And neither have we.4/10
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