Daltry Calhoun File

The 2005 film Daltry Calhoun follows a Southern entrepreneur (Johnny Knoxville) whose life in Tennessee is upended when his teenage daughter suddenly appears just as his turf-grass business begins to fail.

: The film’s setting in Ducktown, Tennessee, was criticized for leaning into "affected Southern twangs" and improbable dialogue that felt inconsistent to some viewers. Film Background Director/Writer : Katrina Holden Bronson. Daltry Calhoun

: Johnny Knoxville, Elizabeth Banks, and Sophie Traub. The 2005 film Daltry Calhoun follows a Southern

: His performance as Daltry—a "deadbeat" turned businessman with a permanent grin—was seen as a departure from his Jackass persona, though not entirely successful in carrying the film's dramatic weight. : Johnny Knoxville, Elizabeth Banks, and Sophie Traub

Reviewers generally found the film to be a tonal mismatch, struggling to balance its "wacky" Southern character comedy with more somber dramatic elements.