Back Fork

Back Fork is a 2019 American drama film directed by Josh Stewart, starring Josh Stewart, A. J. Cook, Agnes Bruckner, Wade Williams and Dorothy Lyman.

Plot
Once a hardworking family-man, Waylon now struggles to hold his life together after an unbearable tragedy. He and his wife go through the motions of life, but all the suffering pushes Waylon to a dependency on pills and a destructive lifestyle.

Cast

 * Josh Stewart as Waylon
 * A. J. Cook as Nida
 * Agnes Bruckner as Rayleen
 * Wade Williams as Bill
 * Dorothy Lyman as Susie
 * Doug Bradley as Sheriff

Release
The film was released on 5 April 2019.

Reception
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter praised Stewart's performance and wrote that while the film "doesn’t break any new ground either in terms of substance or style", it "packs a quiet punch".

Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times called the film "hushed, poetic and intimate", despite the fact that "we never get a sense of the characters’ true anguish and pain".