All Hat

The plot summary on IMDb for this film is more aspiration than actuality. it's overstated and the film doesn't really match the description. Although the film does have some humorous lines and some horses, it is more of a drama than... Full review

A classic tale of the little people vs the big 'uns. It is set in a community that could be anywhere in rural North America under threat of suburbanization, but happens to be Ontario. This could matter from a box... Full review

Both halves are a clutter of half-baked characters and sloppy drama, but at least the pace picks up for the final lap. Adapted by Brad Smith from his novel of the same name and directed by Leonard Farlinger, "All Hat" is a modest attempt at combining small town drama with a pinch of modern western, which would work if the characters were less numerous and/or more interesting. ... Full Review

All Hat has the makings of a nice DVD rental for those who want an engaging, but not a disturbing drama. You may even feel sorry for him in his desperate attempt to juggle nefarious schemes. ... Full Review

All Hat has the makings of a nice DVD rental for those who want an engaging, but not a disturbing drama. The only problem is that the story feels slight - more like a prolonged episode of a television series than material for a full-blown movie. ... Full Review

The attempt to inseminate is played for laughs, and might actually have been funny in surer filmmaking hands. This botched-horsenapping lays the groundwork for an even goofier plan in the last act -- a plot twist that could actually qualify as clever were it not for the aforementioned sore thumb "explanation" that lets all the air out of this half-smart moment. ... Full Review

I was aware that filming had been going on around southern Ontario for the film All Hat . When I first read All Hat (the title comes from an old classic cowboy put-down, "he's all hat and no cattle"), I wrote Smith a note telling him I'd loved this romantic comic love story. ... Full Review

'It's about getting these films into the communities so the filmmakers are reaching the audiences they made the film for and the people are seeing films they wouldn't have had access to otherwise.' -Karen Black, TIFF director of Canadian initiatives... ... Full Article

Starring Luke Kirby, Lisa Ray, Keith Carradine, Graham Greene, Gary Farmer, Rachael Leigh Cook and Noam Jenkins. Directed by Leonard Farlinger. 91 minutes. At the Carlton. 14A There's not much nuance in the world of novelist Brad Smith when it... ... Full Article

Actress Lisa Ray.(Mark Mainz/Getty Images) The Toronto International Film Festival has been very good to hometown girl Lisa Ray. At TIFF in 2002, she was voted Star of the Future for her role in Deepa Mehta's musical romance, Bollywood/Hollywood... ... Full Article

Luke Kirby and Keith Carradine star in director Leonard Farlinger's adaptation of author Brad Smith's laid back neo-western novel. Ray Dokes (Kirby) has just been released from prison, and now as the laconic ex-con makes his way back home he... ... Full Article