American exotica: a close-knit clan of con artists, of Irish descent, in the rural South. The movie doesn't spend long on the community itself; and the outside scams of the protagonist (Bill Paxton), though they claim your attention, are of more generalized, more generic interest. His affair of the heart with the single mom of a sick little girl could be of interest only to sugar addicts. The directorial debut of cinematographer Jack Green (Absolute Power, The Bridges of Madison County) unsurprisingly looks good: rich, burnished color. And there's a plum role for the deserving James Gammon as an independent grifter with "vision." Julianna Margulies, Mark Wahlberg, Luke Askew. (1997) — Duncan Shepherd
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