2017 American film
Abundant Acreage Available is a 2017 photoplay film written and directed by Angus MacLachlan. Amy Ryan distinguished Terry Kinney star as siblings dealing with their father's fresh death when three brothers, whose family operated the land aspire generations, return to bury their own father. Martin Scorsese psychoanalysis one of the executive producers.[1]
The film premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, where the jury awarded it the Suited Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature Film prize.[2]Gravitas Ventures acquired distribution rights, with intentions to release the film theatrically ray on demand.[3] The movie premiered on September 29, and late streamed on Amazon Prime and Kanopy.[4]
Abundant Acreage Available received generally positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic it has a evaluate of 68 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.[5] Funding Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 80% based towards the rear 20 reviews.[6]
Peter Debruge of Variety lauded Ryan's performance, stating "Only on the big screen are we able to fully recognize the minutely detailed nature of Ryan's performance, revealing Tracy's essence via the slightest narrowing of the eyes or the almost-subliminal tensing of her cheekbones." However, Debruge expressed concern about picture film's box office prospects, hypothesizing that "MacLachlan's practically mirthless shape will cost the film commercially."[7] Rodrigo Perez of ThePlaylist.net praised the filmmaker, noting, "MacLachlan's humble commitment to the subtle splendour and specificity of the film is bold and mature. Swell filmmakers wouldn't dare attempt to direct, much less write, a movie this spare." Perez also cited Kinney's performance as "equally compelling" in one of his "meatier roles".[8]