Chronic

Monument Releasing | Release Date: September 23, 2016

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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TVJerryOct 10, 2016

The majority of this film shows an in-home nurse (Tim Roth) helping his terminally-ill patients: washing them, administering their medication, offering support. Director Michel Franco (no relationship) sets his camera in static wide shots andThe majority of this film shows an in-home nurse (Tim Roth) helping his terminally-ill patients: washing them, administering their medication, offering support. Director Michel Franco (no relationship) sets his camera in static wide shots and lets the action (or lack thereof) play out in real time…often for minutes with no cutting. This paints a touching, sometimes heartbreaking picture of life near its end, but with bleak mundanity and unvarnished objectivity. There's a bit of backstory, but it's never fully explained and the abrupt ending (which I guessed) is an out-of-the-blue shocker with no justification. Besides the harrowing portrayals of the effects of extreme illness, this film offers little in the way of character development or bearable pacing.… Expand

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alejandro970Sep 15, 2019

Tim Roth is stimulating as a introvert in-home nurse who aids terminal-ill patients. With no music score or dull sentimentalities, and with a sharp, sudden final act, it's a analysis of the sense of life of terminal patients.

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