After the death of his step son, Micky, a blue collar worker that suffers from having a miserable life. He does his best to reveal the truth behind the death of his step son to please his wife. But, he faces the horrible truth.
The colour balance, locations, set designs and dialogue have an authenticity we rarely see in bigger budget movies and the characters are, well, characters.
God's Pocket reveals Slattery as a capable director who can provide a generous playground for his actors, but his expressive ways need tempering. [Full Review in Spanish]
What's left is an awkward blend of tragedy and comedy, in a movie that doesn't feel as if it has earned the right to be either.
Boston Globe
May 15, 2014
A fair amount of the film leaves you wondering about the categorizations it's courted as a dark comedy. If the tag legitimately applies, then it takes Slattery a while to find his footing, if he ever really does.
