| Main Street | |
| Director: | John Doyle |
| Producer: | Adi Shankar Megan Ellison Jonah Hirsch Spencer Silna |
| Music: | Patrick Doyle |
| Cinematography: | Donald McAlpine |
| Editing: | Richard Francis-Bruce |
| Studio: | 1984 Films |
| Distributor: | Magnolia Pictures Myriad Pictures (International)[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $2,560[2] |
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.
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.[3]
The film was shot nearly entirely in Durham, North Carolina in April and May 2009.[4] The screenplay was written by Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Horton Foote after he found downtown Durham empty on a weekend visit several years earlier.[5]
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.[6] [7]
Reception for the film has been generally negative. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 14% approval rating based on reviews from seven critics, with an average score of 4.7/10.[8]
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."[9]