IMDb
6.6 /10
295 votes

Comedy · Drama · 2004 · 1h 36min
Mark A. Lewis's tragic-comic adventure ILL FATED plunges the viewer into the boxed-in world of Jimmy, a small-town teen who seeks a better life but who sees dead-end signs at every turn out of town. His vague plan to leave and "look into college" is complicated by a revolving door of small-town complications - the demands of his lumpen best friends, his troubled girlfriend, his promiscuous stepmother and cuckolded stepfather. But the biggest complication of all is the return of his womanizing biological dad Earl, who'd fled in Jimmy's infancy after impregnating the wife of a violent convict (also his best friend). Earl's return is a catalyst to disaster, and a palette for director Lewis to paint a hyper-realist picture of small-town dystopia.
Sign in and build your archive. The best notes get written right after the credits roll.
Sign in → top right
Ill Fated Trailer - watch on AMAZON INSTANT VIDEO or purchase at: https://www.createspace.com/342378
Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
IMDb
6.6 /10
295 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
2.8 /10
4 votes
Letterboxd
Letterboxd didn't respond
Weighted average
4.9/10