The movie tells the story of Ellie, a young woman living in Los Angeles who learns that her estranged alcoholic father has died. Now she has come to Texas from her home in Los Angeles to lay to rest the man she has spent most of her life hating...
A Country Called Home is a decent enough trip through the back roads of Texas, connecting with a partly dysfunctional family. It's just not something that most viewers will want to write home about.
There is not a lot in the plot that is surprising or even original. There is some wit and there is a not too unrealistic look at strained family relationships.
There's exactly one fascinating, original character in Anna Axster's well-meaning but bland debut feature, "A Country Called Home." Unfortunately, the movie's not about him.
The gentle drama A Country Called Home is in sync with its small-town Texas setting. Unfortunately, much of it is also as flat as the terrain, despite the efforts of an engaging cast led by Imogen Poots.
