Quality micro-budget feature with muted, measured direction, naturalistic performances and a serious intent. It's a film I respected far more than enjoyed as, ultimately, it suffered somewhat from little variation in its somber, one note, tone (picking up only slightly in the last few minutes). The unintentional effect (or, perhaps, it was very intentional) is it made the film slower than it needed to be and considerably less engaging. You tend to witness it occur, as opposed to be involved with it. I hope this flaw is corrected in Mr. Sim's future films (unless it really is an artistic choice - in which case I might not agree with it, but I'm not going to fault it). Still in all it was a relief to see the restrained performances, equally restrained direction, and have it all play out in a confidently realistic milieu.

SPOILER: When Papaw died, I cried. Seriously. I'm from Arkansas, lost my papaw not that long ago (not like in this film though) ... he was a hunter. I was a year old in 1973, grew up in the 1970s Arkansas... so this film hits a bit close to home for me.One of the saddest films I've ever seen. It's a very somber dramatic thriller film from the start and remains that way throughout the movie - it's a tear jerker - fair warning if you decided to watch this one."It'll be alright come morning" papaw said to his grandson D before he passed on. It is an appropriate title for the film... and in one way everything was made alright, but in another way it was not because D will never forget this day and the events that unfolded over night into the morning light.Well worth watching if you like extremely sad movies - if you don't then pass this film by because it might have tears in your eyes.10/10

COME MORNING is another low budget movie shot in the woods, although at least there are no zombies or masked slashers on view this time around. Instead the film is a low key thriller about a hunting trip that goes badly wrong after an unexpected accident. The characters aren't all that interesting although the story isn't bad and features a cover-up of sorts and some tension. The direction consists of too many close-ups although the setting remains evocative throughout. The main problem it has is that the story doesn't really get going until over halfway through.

Come Morning is a great movie about a grandfather, Frank, and his grandson, D, and a hunting mishap that leads to an evening of trauma. Frank and his neighbors have had a long standing feud over land boundaries.This was far better than so many other movies with bigger budgets. The acting is top notch (especially Charlie but I'm sure I'm biased since he's my uncle) and the plot is engaging. It was slightly slow to start but give it time. This is a sad but thought provoking movie that makes you think twice about fighting with your crazy neighbors. Seeing Richard Ledbetter as a yelling, gun wielding redneck was such a surprise. I look forward to seeing more films from this group of actors and directors and definitely more films with Richard!