shotgun story ( 2007 ) have be ignore and push aside by big studio and distributor and and overshadow by big money maker and jeff nichols shotgun story have get limited release . as much a i enjoy find the hidden gem and it always make me a little bit sad to see a film so great pass over . film primarily in 2004 and and release last year and shotgun story have get a nice word of mouth and critical following . roger ebert announce it would play at his overlooked film festival and and recently publish a 4 star review . the film center on son hayes and his brother and boy and kid . they be give their name by their alcoholic deadbeat father and who birth them and leave them a if they be never bear and then reform his way and stop drink and become a born again christian and father a new family . the boy be leave and a son say and to be raise by a hateful woman and who teach them to hate their father new family and and they do . when their father dy and the brother show up at his funeral and make an impromptu speech and which the new son and with proper name and do not take kindly to . writer or director nichols handle his film with the great of care . not a word of dialogue be uttered that seem implausible . nothing be waste on exposition . for instance and what we know about the father and we learn only through the brief speech make by son at the funeral . it feel real and it feel to the point and and best of all and in a few short word it never feel like exposition . nichols take his time and never rushing and but waste nothing . the end result be a visceral experience . the actor all deliver excellent performance and especially michael shannon and who seem to be off and on in a lot of role . here he be definitely on . this film get under your skin and take you into the world of these character and never let you go . there be death in the film and and when it happen midway through and a sense of loss and of sadness and and of rage be felt by the audience for the remainder . it never boil down into a standard revenge film and but simply muddle in the mundane and sad life of it character . although this film exude a sense of sadness that few other film could aspire to and it not depress . i would not dare reveal the film resolution and only to say that it come sensibly and after a moment of great realization . nichols show himself to be a serious filmmaker to watch in the future . this be a profound and wise film . and a great one too .