'Daltry Calhoun' veers between poignant and wacky

"Daltry Calhoun" probably is not the movie that will finally force us to consider Johnny Knoxville as a serious actor — it's too slight, too unfocused. But starring in the title role as a small-town Southern sod salesman who's losing his business while gaining the daughter he hasn't seen in years, Knoxville shows he has planted the seeds for a career that should develop into something varied and unexpected. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A man struggles to revive his failing grass seed business as he also learns to be a father to his estranged 14-year-old daughter, a gifted musician who is unexpectedly left in his care.

FILM FACTS ...
Miramax Films
'Daltry Calhoun'

Director: Katrina Holden Bronson
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Juliette Lewis, Elizabeth Banks, Sophie Traub, David Koechner
Release date: Sept. 23, 2005
Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, drug material and language.

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The Associated Press: C
"(Writer-director Katrina Holden) Bronson's pacing is choppy, and she veers too wildly between wacky and poignant."


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