Chrystal (2004)

"Masterful...Lisa Blount is luminous...  Atlanta Journal Constitution
"Chrystal is a high heaping of brilliant storytelling.  Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter

Editor's Note Starring Billy Bob Thornton, CHRYSTAL is a touching tale of a man coming to terms with a life left in tatters. After 16 years spent behind bars, Joe (Thornton) returns to the wife he crippled in a car accident that proved fatal for their young son. Desperate to make amends and start afresh, Joe's wife, Chrystal (Lisa Blount), has a hard time accepting his presence back in her life. Director Ray McKinnon effortlessly guides his film through a series of ups and downs for Joe and Chrystal, creating a satisfying portrait of a man struggling to recapture what he once had. McKinnon also appears in the movie, in an impressive cast which also includes a turn from famed American character actor Harry Dean Stanton.

	Billy Bob Thornton
	Harry Lennix
	Lisa Blount
	Ray McKinnon
	Adam Kimmel - Cinematographer
	Myron Kerstein - Editor
	Ray McKinnon - Director
	Ray McKinnon - Writer
	Ray McKinnon - Producer
	Stephen Trask - Musical Score

Charlotte Observer 7 of 10
One of those movies that sticks to your mind like a briar to wool slacks. It has no revelations, no high drama, no heartbreaking tragedy. What it does have is bone-deep honesty, and that's enough for once. - Lawrence Toppman

LA Weekly 7 of 10
McKinnon's direction is nothing if not atmospheric -- his best scenes unfold with a pungent languor that suggests the power of the backwoods to turn hours into days and days into years. If only the sum total were a movie more "In the Bedroom" than it is everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. - Scott Foundas