Hick
- language: English
- director: Derick Martini
- actor: Alec Baldwin Anson Mount Blake Lively Chloe Grace Moretz Dave Vescio Eddie Redmayne Juliette Lewis Ray McKinnon Rory Culkin Shaun Sipos
- writer: Andrea Portes Derick Martini (screenplay) screenplay)
Synopsis:
A 13-year-old Nebraska girl, Luli (Chloë Moretz), runs away from her alcoholic parents, bringing along a pistol. After she is taken under the wing of grifter Glenda (Blake Lively), who uses her in cons and makes her an accessory to a robbery, both their lives are threatened by erratic drifter Eddie (Eddie Redmayne).
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