And a Child Shall Lead Them: Trailer for A Bag of Hammers Confirms Indie Trend

If three is a trend, say hello to the latest indie trend: Kids helping adults find their way in life. Things kicked off on this front in happythankyoumoreplease, where Josh Radnor's character was pushed into some semblance of adulthood following his encounter with an African-American orphan on the subway; on Friday, a high school wrestling coach (Paul Giamatti) will see how much he can learn from young runaway when Win Win opens; and later this year, two sorta-grave robbers (Jason Ritter and Jake Sandvig) get their maturity tested by an abandoned kid in A Bag of Hammers. What hath The Blind Side wrought?

Well, in the case of Hammers, an apparently charming little indie diversion -- the film screened at SXSW on Tuesday night and garnered some fairly positive reactions from the blogosphere. Directed by 27-year-old Brian Crano, Hammers follows two small-time crooks who steal cars from funerals, but have their life turned upside down when they encounter the aforementioned abandoned boy. I'm a natural sucker for these types of films -- The Blind Side and happythankyoumoreplease just got me -- so count me among those looking forward to Hammers. That Rebecca Hall co-stars is only gravy.

VERDICT: Nailed it! (Groaaaaaaaaaaan)

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