I Like Killing Flies

Name: I Like Killing Flies
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 28, 2006
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 71

2006

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THINKFilm | Release Date: July 28, 2006 | TV-MA

Summary: In his feature debut, noted artist, illustrator and video-director Mahurin celebrates one of his favorite restaurants -- Shopins, a Greenwich Village institution. What emerges is a hilarious and heartfelt hymn to individuality, independence and idiosyncrasy -- not just in the kitchen, but in life. (ThinkFilm)

Director: Matt Mahurin

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 80 min

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Michael Phillips

The self-taught man behind the griddle, his wife, Eve, and their five seen-it-all kids emerge as the ensemble of the year. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The result is an unabashedly home-cooked homage to New York eccentricity. Read full review

James Greenberg

A rare, hilarious and ultimately touching look at the kind of American iconoclast that barely exists anymore. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Anyone who laments the loss of an older, grittier New York ought to adore this affectionate portrait of Greenwich Village restaurant owner Kenny Shopsin. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

This quirky 2004 documentary ends with the Shopsins' forced relocation after 32 years, an uprooting made all the more poignant by Eve's death during filming. Read full review

David Rooney

Charming character study. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Mr. Mahurin is obviously enchanted by his subject, but he never gets past his delight to say anything of real, sustaining interest. Read full review

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SarahC.

Sep 29, 2007

This film was engaging, hilarious, and very rich (and I am not just talking about the food!). It was a real slice of life in New York, pretty raw and very funny.

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MarkT.

Aug 7, 2006

The reviews got it right. It is excellent yet unmemborable and uncomfortably strange. All in all its hard to describe and to get the real first hand experience you have to see it yourself.

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AlisonP.

Aug 7, 2006

Disappointing considering some things I heard but still well acted and well directed. Nothing too special.

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