From the authentic performances, beautiful scenery, fantastic music, and relatable storyline, I was wonderfully surprised. First time director Matthew Yerby orchestrated this stellar cast to create real life performances not characters. Dermot Mulroney is fantastic as the big bad in the story. 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. Into the pub walks a mysterious guy with two women who work the bar for lots of loose wallets. Sue watches as they pick-pocket the customers and steal their money. Outside, Sue confronts this mysterious stranger who introduces himself as Dion. She wonders if he can help her get $30,000 in that short amount of time. She knows the area, and she knows the people on the other side of the tracks who have all the money in the world. But, how far will Sue go for it? And will she help with the scams.
Review of The Dirty South
