Director Jen McGowan has a genuine feel for place and she gives us a heroine who does not have to be a superhero to be fearless, tough, and determined.

| Oct 26, 2021

Has way more story than it needs.

| Sep 14, 2019

Under McGowan's restrained direction, "Rust Creek" is an impressive example of good storytelling overriding budget and star power.

| Original Score: B | Jan 18, 2019

A modest but involving rural-captivity tale.

Full Review | Jan 12, 2019

Director Jen McGowan and screenwriter Julie Lipson take too leisurely of an approach to a story that should be more taut, but the attention they pay to characters and setting makes a difference in how the movie plays out.

| Jan 10, 2019

Rust Creek begins like a cautionary tale that might be whispered in hushed tones at the fraught end of a long girls night.

| Jan 7, 2019

Screenwriter Julie Lipson's well-written, naturalistic dialogue helps pass the time, as does Michelle Lawler's lovely scenic cinematography.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 6, 2019

What's great about Lipson's script is that she doesn't make even a passing attempt to transform this story into a romance.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 4, 2019

I found myself more invested in the ins and outs of the drug trade in Kentucky than the plight of the woman who got stuck in it.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 4, 2019

It's tight without being punishing, and its humor takes you happily by surprise.

| Jan 3, 2019

Corfield is fine in a role that gives her little opportunity to do more than run and fight, but a woman this empowered removes the question mark from her survival - and the tension from the movie.

| Jan 3, 2019