Dermot Mulroney in long johns.

There are many reasons to watch the 2004 film Undertow, but Dermot Mulroney in slightly dirty long johns is the main reason. He is a hottie with a body. He also has a Southern accent in this. Two points! Other reasons? It is directed by David Gordon Green, a director I am simultaneously fascinated/annoyed by. I liked All the Real Girls but not George Washington. I like that his films are about the South, but I bet you he lives in Brooklyn. He's the guy that likes to talk about the South in his brownstone apartment and then goes to his local used bookstore and buys first editions of John Fante. Maybe this was his version of Deliverance meets Stand by Me. I'm allowed to stereotype because I know nothing about him.

But I liked this film. It reminded me of The King. You have no idea where it's going, and there's three really attractive, dirty, soiled men in it. (Even though one of them gets killed early on.) Josh Lucas...daaaamn. He looks good in cowboy boots. Jamie Bell, even though you are British, you have an acceptable Southern accent. And look good in tighty-whities. All of this is completely irrelevant.