small movie, mostly spoiled by unnecessary caricatures

The story here is pleasant and ends well. But my biggest issue with the movie is how almost all the characters are played as caricatures. They say things or do things that aren't very authentic and too many seem to be buffoons. There is a good enough core story here that they didn't need to go overboard with the silliness and slapstick.

For those who may not know this, Big Stone Gap is a real town in Virginia, the writer/director is from there, and the movie was filmed there.

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