'Down in the Valley' Hinges on Edward Norton

Fresh Air | By David Edelstein

Published May 12, 2006 at 11:00 AM EDT

Our film critic reviews Down in the Valley, the new film by writer/director David Jacobson, starring Edward Norton, David Morse, and Bruce Dern.

Norton plays a would-be cowboy in the San Fernando Valley who meets a teenager, played by Evan Rachel Wood.

David Edelstein

David Edelstein is a film critic for New York magazine and for NPR's Fresh Air, and an occasional commentator on film for CBS Sunday Morning. He has also written film criticism for the Village Voice, The New York Post, and Rolling Stone, and is a frequent contributor to the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section.

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