Undertow (cert. 15)

synopsis

John Munn (Dermot Mulroney), part-time taxidermist and hog farmer, lives with his two sons in an isolated farmhouse. Chris, the older boy (Jamie Bell), has itchy feet. He longs to see a world beyond the pig sty. His younger brother Tim (Devon Alan) is perpetually sick - in no small part due to eating paint, dirt and whatever else passes through his grubby hands. The three are soon joined by a fourth. John's brother Deel (Josh Lucas) has just left jail and arrives on the farm with nowhere to go. There's an air of danger about him, but brotherly love, or at least a sense of duty persuades John to take his sibling in. It's a fateful decision, and one that will change all their lives.