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The Locusts (1997)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:2

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: A domestic potboiler set in the claustrophobic backwater environs of a Kansas stockyard, circa 1960, where family matriarch Delilah Potts rides herd over the husky hired hands who drift in and out... A domestic potboiler set in the claustrophobic backwater environs of a Kansas stockyard, circa 1960, where family matriarch Delilah Potts rides herd over the husky hired hands who drift in and out of her employment. Among them is sensitive Clay, who befriends Delilah's emotionally disturbed son-with-a-secret and tries to free him from her despotic grasp. [More]

Starring: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd

Starring: Kate Capshaw, Jeremy Davies, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, Daniel Meyer, Ashley Judd, Jessica Capshaw

Director: John Patrick Kelley

Director: John Patrick Kelley
Composer: Carter Burwell
Screenwriter: John Patrick Kelley
Producer: Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler, Bradley Thomas

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David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety
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Vaughn sports a succession of tight white T-shirts and tank tops of varying dirtiness, and the cast lights up enough cigarettes to have the audience die of second-hand smoke.

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Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

A pointless drama set on cattle feedlot

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06/15/07
Douglas Pratt
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Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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A waste of film, and a waste of time.

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Clint Morris
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01/01/00
Andrew O'Hehir
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon.com

It's hot, it's sultry and everybody's smokin' in the rural Kansas of The Locusts. Too bad the movie never catches fire.

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Andy Seiler
Andy Seiler
USA Today
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John Patrick Kelley, both the author and director of The Locusts, indulges himself constantly.

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