God's Pocket

Drama 2014 1 hr 28 min Paramount+

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When Mickey’s crazy stepson Leon is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the working class neighborhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey (Hoffman) tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother, Jeanie (Hendricks), demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.

Drama 2014 1 hr 28 min Paramount+

R

Starring John Turturro, Richard Jenkins, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Director John Slattery

God's Pocket

John Turturro

Arthur 'Bird' Capezio
Richard Jenkins

Richard Shellburn
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Mickey Scarpato
Christina Hendricks

Jeanie Scarpato
Caleb Landry Jones

Leon Hubbard

About

God's Pocket

DRAMA

When Mickey’s crazy stepson Leon is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the working class neighborhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey (Hoffman) tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother, Jeanie (Hendricks), demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life and death struggle between a body he can’t bury, a wife he can’t please and a debt he can’t pay.

Edgy drama has good performances but is thin, depressing.

Average 5.5
Reviews 99
Fresh 36
Rotten 63

Information

Studio: IFC Films
Released: 2014
Run Time: 1 hr 28 min
Rated: R violence, language throughout and sexual content.
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.