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A Clean Sweep of Good, Gritty Story in ‘The Dirty South’ (Movie Review)
The Dirty South
Rating: 8/10
Director & Writer: Matthew Yerby
Writer: Matthew Yerby
Style: Action/Crime/Drama
Time: 1 hour and 47 minutes
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hin7Q8ZBT7A
Review by Mike Szymanski
How far will you go to save the “family farm”? It’s an age-old question where families are constantly struggling to save the house they grew up in, or the farm they tilled for generations, or the business that the family owned for decades.
In this case, it’s a bar on a bayou in north Louisiana run by Sue Parker and her lazy alcoholic father Gary. A bartender with a heart — and scruples — Sue puts in a full night until 3 a.m. and then gets up to take care of her 10-year-old brother and get him to school. Their father is not much help.
In fact, the father is far behind in payments on the bar, and local land baron Jeb Roy is threatening to buy the place unless they can come up with $30,000 in 72 hours.
