Main Street (2010 film)

Main Street is a 2010 American drama film about several residents of Durham, North Carolina, a city in the Southern U.S., whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown.
== Plot ==
Each of the colorful citizens of a close-knit North Carolina community—from a once-wealthy tobacco heiress to the city's mayor to a local police officer—will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood.[1][4]
== Cast ==
* Colin Firth as Gus Leroy
* Ellen Burstyn as Georgiana Carr
* Patricia Clarkson as Willa Jenkins
* Orlando Bloom as Harris Parker
* Amber Tamblyn as Mary Saunders
* Margo Martindale as Myrtle Parker
* Andrew McCarthy as Howard Mercer
* Victoria Clark as Miriam
* Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Mayor
* Tom Wopat as Frank
* Viktor Hernandez as Estaquio
* Juan Piedrahita as Jose (as Juan Carlos Piedrahita)
* Thomas Upchurch as Trooper Williams
* Reid Dalton as Crosby Gage
* Amy da Luz as Rita
== Production ==
The film was shot nearly entirely in Durham, North Carolina in April and May 2009.[5] The screenplay was written by Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Horton Foote after he found downtown Durham empty on a weekend visit several years earlier.[6]
Myriad Pictures bought the international distribution rights in May 2009. The film was promoted at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival by its producers and stars.[7][8]
== Reception ==
Reception for the film has been generally negative. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 13% rating based on reviews from 8 critics.[9]
Blog Critics reviewed the film, saying, "Everything that occurs in the film feels shallow somehow, and it’s a shame because Main Street had all of the basic elements that would have made it truly, a great film."[10]
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