Ballast (film)

Ballast is a 2008 film directed by Lance Hammer. It competed in the Dramatic category at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the awards for Best Director and Best Cinematography. The film received six nominations in the 2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Ballast received critical acclaim. The review tallying website Rotten Tomatoes summarized its research by saying that critics considered the movie A searing debut by director Lance Hammer, this subtle and contemplative Mississippi set drama lingers long after its conclusion. The website reports that 61 out of the 67 reviews it tallied for the film were positive for a score of 91 and a certification of fresh. Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes gave the film four stars out of four, saying the film inexorably grows and deepens and gathers power and absorbs us. He later named it as one of thebest films of 2008.

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