Screen Door Jesus

Author:	Indican Pictures
Date:	June 20, 2011

Publicity

“Screen Door Jesus is something of a miracle. It is both respectful of the role that religion plays in small-town American life, and it is skeptical of canned answers. The final feat in this high-wire act is that the climactic spectacle is equally interpretable as the wrath of God and the folly of man.”
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

*** “‘Jesus’ blesses a goofy premise with great acting.”
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

“Daniel Stoloff’s superlative 24P-camera work creates a variegated East Texas palette. Pic is exceedingly well structured. Winner of the Golden Starfish fiction competition at the Hamptons fest, pic’s gutsy with Davis wrangling his unwieldy cast and dozen or so stories extremely well.”
Ronnie Scheib, Variety

“…the acting is so good, and the cinematography so snappy, that you find you’re hooked. And you realize “Screen Door Jesus” has offered a hundred insights on religion, faith, morality, and racism that sometimes went past almost too quickly to be grasped…”
Sheridan Sansegundo, East Hampton Star

“…sharp, clever…Screen Door Jesus impresses…”
Robert Wilonsky, Houston Press

” The satire is both equal opportunity and extremely gentle, and there’s a ring of respectful authenticity to the way that various denominations and congregations are represented… a real gem.”
Cliff Doerkson, Time Out NY

“Screen Door Jesus,” a quirky, beautifully shot, well-crafted tale of a small Southern town…. Visual beauty is a strong point of “Screen Door Jesus,” as the film gives us one lovely, perfectly framed shot after another and a sense of magical realism.”
Catherine Marquis-Homever, The Current

“To name individual actors in this cast as worthy of special note would be unfair to all the others in the ensemble, as every person in the line-up is right on the money. Screen Door Jesus is a brave, beautiful ensemble affair that never once strays into preachy or instructive or accusatory territory. Great flick.”
Chris Parry, Hollywood Bitch Slap

“The imagery in Davis’ adaptation of the eponymous Christopher Cook short-story collection pops off the screen as if superimposed, lush with purples and blues and greens, heavy-textured with summer rust and an oily East Texas sunshine.”
Christopher Badgley, Austin Chronicle

“Surprisingly sweet stuff, with a few powerful moments as well.”
Ray Pride, Chicago New City

“‘Screen Door Jesus’ is a compelling social commentary. I particularly recommend this thought provoking film to the loyal readership that enjoy the ongoing debate of religious matters on the opinion page of this newspaper.”
Michael Huckaby, Conroe Courier

“A small town in East Texas revolves around a screen door belonging to one of the town’s residents on which the figure of Jesus suddenly appears. Race, religion, love, coming of age, drugs, humor, and symbolism are mixed into this pot of humanity stew… interesting cinematic endeavor.”
Andrew Johnston, North American Film Review