When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
"John Sayles invites you to return to the scene of the crime."
Top Billed Cast
Chris Cooper
Sam Deeds
Elizabeth Peña
Pilar Cruz
Kris Kristofferson
Charlie Wade
Clifton James
Hollis Pogue
Miriam Colon
Mercedes Cruz
Ron Canada
Otis Payne
Joe Morton
Delmore "Del" Payne
Matthew McConaughey
Buddy Deeds
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
F Filipe Manuel NetoVerified TMDB Critic
2023-03-21
**Texas yesterday and today: a film where the past serves to weave considerations for the present.**
For us, the Portuguese, who see the USA from the outside, it is difficult to comprehend the internal differences between the US states. For us, USA is a country of continental dimensions, which conveys a united and uniform image. And this image could not be more misleading: the US remains a union of fifty small miniature countries, which have their own governments, authorities and laws, which do not necessarily apply everywhere. And as history teaches us, the case of Texas is even more extra...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2024-08-17
There are quite a few household names in the starting line up here, but most barely feature as we are introduced to sheriff "Sam" (Chris Cooper). He's the son of the recently deceased sheriff "Buddy" (Matthew McConaughey) and the appreciative townsfolk are about to unveil a monument to this upstanding citizen who was married to a "saint"! Told by way of contemporaneous conversation and flashbacks, the story unravels into a mystery about just what happened to the previous sheriff "Wade" (Kris Kristofferson). Now by all accounts, he was a bully and a violent, corrupt, one at that - until, one ni...
