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Overnighters (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 100 mins

  • Director: Jesse Moss
  • Writer: Jesse Moss
  • Producer: Amanda McBaine; Jesse Moss

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Apologies...the mere fact that this film is here, is an unavoidable spoiler...

Jay Reinke, a smalltown pastor, risks it all to help down-on-their-luck men by making his church and carpark into a refuge... he invites registered sex offenders to live in his family home. He - adamantly - defends and preaches his Christian philosophy.

A saint with sinister undertones?!? He is a little creepy. And, camp...despite having the - Betty Crocker - wife and three children.

This all-American town is not too happy with the mass migration of undesirable men...looking to make their fortune in the oil-rich state, living and littering on their doorsteps. They take matters into their own hands.

It's a compelling - albeit one-sided - story...of smalltown mentality, double standards and hypocrisy.

Nothing is mentioned about the corporation or the infrastructure behind the oil industry, the future benefits, the wealth - this is is the last-chance-saloon where recovery is never far from falling off the wagon.

It takes one to know one is turned on its head...it takes one to become one.

A devastating personal story.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them.