American Folk

The songs are lovely, and the first-time actors give performances that grow warmer as the film progresses

The whole thing was a bad idea that only genius could've rescued. Maybe not even then.

Sung mainly by real-life folk musicians Joe Purdy and Amber Rubarth, the songs lend the film an emotional resonance that the forced dialogue often struggles to achieve.

There is a remarkable intimacy that weaves itself into every moment of writer/director David Heinz's indie gem American Folk.