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  • Official Trailer
  • Trailer 2

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

From filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green (MONSTERS AND MEN; upcoming KING RICHARD), along with the Academy Award-winning writing team behind BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Diana Ossana & Larry McMurtry) and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg, JOE BELL tells the intimate and emotional true story of an Oregonian father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin, embarking on a self-reflective walk across America to speak his heart to heartland citizens about the real and terrifying costs of bullying.

Cast

  • Mark Wahlberg
  • Reid Miller
  • Connie Britton
  • Maxwell Jenkins
  • Gary Sinise
  • Igby Rigney
  • Morgan Lily
  • Blaine Maye
  • Scout Smith
  • Cassie Beck

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Metacritic

63
Jul 22, 2021

Joe Bell is a tale of emotional redemption for a man who relearns what it means to “be a man,” and his moments of triumph are the quietest ones.

Metacritic review by Katie Walsh
Katie Walsh
The Seattle Times
58
Sep 20, 2020

Wahlberg, delivering a performance that feels like community service, just isn’t up to driving a drama whose conflict is almost entirely internal; his default setting of sneering irritation is the wrong tool for the job. It leaves you wondering if this should have more fully been Jadin’s story, especially given the sensitivity of Miller’s turn.

Metacritic review by A.A. Dowd
A.A. Dowd
The A.V. Club
91
Sep 20, 2020

The entirety of Good Joe Bell is an awakening not for those who actively harm at-risk youth like Jadin, but those who don’t realize the implicit harm they’re supplying by centering allyship on themselves rather than those they’re supporting.

Metacritic review by Jared Mobarak
Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage