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]