Three-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper and three-time Academy Award nominee (and one-time winner!) Jennifer Lawrence team up yet again (after 2012's Silver Linings Playbook and 2013's American Hustle, but before 2015's Joy) to make a complete stinker of a period piece set in the very scenic Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. At first, it may seem like the overblown, syrupy score is an even bigger problem than the silly acting (such slippery accents!), the silly dialogue ("After that day, I swore I would never love anyone again."), the silly plot points (Let's go hunting in the woods with the man we just promised to ruin!), and the silly PG-13 sex (tubfinger!). But by the time you reach the bloody end, you may decide that "overblown" should have been the watchword throughout. This here is a violent Southern soap with delusions of respectability, and it's a pity it tried to put on such fancy airs. It might have been fun. (2014) — Matthew Lickona