Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Kaitlyn Dever, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Ross Lynch
Budget: $26,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $30,239,418
Foreign Box Office: $18,834,060
Total Profit: $258,660
Reaction: This film BARELY broke even, becoming the profitable film with the least amount of profit. Steven Soderbergh is a director with an incredibly spotty track record at the box office, so we're content with this one barely breaking even.
"Watch Hill is, well, a weird watch. I'd be lying if I said I knew why events in the film happen, and I certainly can't succinctly explain what plot there is. However, taken from a purely entertainment perspective, I found the film entertaining. If you can turn your brain off and just watch, you might just enjoy it as I did." - James Tubbs Jr., Vice Magazine
"Well, this was certainly memorable. It starts out with the usual Conn signifiers - caricatures, drugs, high school theatre - and then spirals out into a nutso finale. Soderbergh’s direction keeps it engrossing but the story's shocking turns are diluted by character motivations that are often unclear. Can someone explain Peter to me?"
- Michael St. Felix, The Dallas Morning News
"Watch Hill doesn't make a lick of sense. The characters don't have any goals, and there doesn't really appear to be anything close to a plot until the ending is well underway. If the ending had actually been something that was part of the overall story the film possibly could have worked, but every single moment in the film seems to come out of nowhere." - Dave Manning, The Ridgefield Press
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