If I Didn't Care
Artistic License | Release Date: August 3, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
With their unrelenting, nostalgic clutch on old-school noir rules (a girl and a gun, plans goes awry, an easily spotted macguffin), the Cummings boys paint themselves into the proverbial corner with a cop-out ex machina ending--at which point there is no longer a need for the title's "If." Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
So low-key that it verges on unconsciousness. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesStaff (Not credited)
There's murder, deception, cruel twists and plenty of scenes at night in If I Didn't Care, but writer-directors Benjamin and Orson Cummings lack the fatalistic glue of true film noir to hold it all in place. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
The movie itself is a shell. The characters, especially the unstable Hadley, barely exist. And even by the loose standards of film noir, the mechanics of the murder plot, and the story’s jolts and twists toward its abrupt surprise ending, are unconvincing. Read full review
40
VarietyRonnie Scheib
Featuring a strong central perf by Bill Sage, a raincoated detective turn by Roy Scheider and the upscale autumnal serenity of the Hamptons, If I Didn't Care remains a stylistic exercise in elegant gratuitousness. Read full review
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New York PostKyle Smith
Remember how "Double Indemnity" featured smart criminals and a smarter investigator? The indie film If I Didn't Care, with its dumb criminals and dumb cops, is a sort of "Double Stupidity." Read full review
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