Alex Pettyfer makes his directorial debut with 'Back Roads,' a gritty drama in which he plays a young man caring for his three younger sisters after a family tragedy. By Frank Scheck Alex Pettyfer ...

The dysfunctional family plot of “Back Roads,” which marks the directorial debut of actor Alex Pettyfer, is so twisted that every 10 minutes or so there is a new revelation meant to shock the ...

But there’s a potboiler plot that must win out, and its poorly handled revelations nearly sink the film. “Back Roads” is that peculiar kind of disappointment: a wreck about wreckage.

But it can also be a calculated image-changer. “Back Roads,” directed by the rising British actor Alex Pettyfer, who also stars in it, may be a bit of both. The film is based on Tawni Odell ...