I’ve been keeping an eye on John Slattery’s directorial debut GOD’S POCKET since I first heard that the Mad Men actor was moving behind the camera. This first trailer doesn’t disappoint if you like a little dark comedy drama, with a tremendous cast attached.
When Mickey’s (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) crazy step-son Leon (Caleb Landry Jones) is killed in a construction ‘accident’, nobody in the working class neighbourhood of God’s Pocket is sorry he’s gone. Mickey tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy’s mother Jeanie (Christina 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.
GOD’S POCKET looks like a solid debut for Slattery, who appears to have his eye on a good story. The film is based on Pete Dexter’s novel and he’s the man who also wrote Mulholland Drive and The Paperboy so you’ll get a sense of the vibe from them. It also co-stars Richard Jenkins, John Turturro and our very own Brit Eddie Marsan.
Check out the trailer below, click here for some previous chat from the director and stills and let us know what you think:
GOD’S POCKET opens in the UK on August 8th.
Source: ArrowFilmsUK
