Same Kind of Different as Me

Same Kind of Different as Me (2017) is an American drama directed by Michael Carney — watch it online on iFILM. Greg Kinnear plays Ron Hall, a Dallas art dealer with a well-appointed life that is quietly falling apart. Renée Zellweger plays his wife Debbie, whose conviction that God has pointed her toward a particular homeless man becomes the engine of the whole story.

That man is Denver Moore — known as Big Mouth — played by Djimon Hounsou. Denver grew up in conditions close to sharecropping slavery in rural Louisiana and has spent years on the streets of Fort Worth with a reputation that keeps most people at a distance. Debbie is not deterred. Ron is. The film follows the slow, uncomfortable process of two men from opposite ends of everything figuring out what they actually have in common. Jon Voight also appears in a supporting role.

The story is drawn from the New York Times bestselling memoir co-written by the real Ron Hall and Denver Moore. The film earns its emotional beats by staying close to the book's plainness: this friendship is too specific and too unlikely to feel manufactured. Stream Same Kind of Different as Me (2017) online on iFILM.