5 Score

2003 • 1h 40min • R • Crime, Drama

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"How you gonna make it right?"

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, redemption—in the form of a mysterious minister and two needy women— finds him.

IMDb 6.3

RT 34%

MC 45

Director

Ed Solomon

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Ed Solomon

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Billy Bob Thornton

Manuel Jordan

Morgan Freeman

Miles Evans

Holly Hunter

Adele Easley

Kirsten Dunst

Sofia Mellinger

Manuel Aranguiz

Senor Aguilar

Geoffrey Wigdor

Abner Easley

Luke Robertson

Young Abner Easley

Dorian Harewood

Mackie Whittaker

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Billy Bob Thornton Manuel Jordan

Morgan Freeman Miles Evans

Holly Hunter Adele Easley

Kirsten Dunst Sofia Mellinger

Manuel Aranguiz Senor Aguilar

Geoffrey Wigdor Abner Easley

Luke Robertson Young Abner Easley

Dorian Harewood Mackie Whittaker

Catherine Colvey Claire Mellinger

Billoah Greene Don

Sadiki Burke Sadiki

Abede Burke Abede

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Fabio Lopez Samuel

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