Much Ado About Dying
First Run Features | Release Date: March 15, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeMay 11, 2024
This is often a difficult film to watch. The subject’s physical frailty is palpable, and his resistance to even the least intrusive advice is infuriating. The atmosphere of fug, filth and peril is suffocating. But Chambers selects the footage cunningly to always allow whispers of charm to filter through the stubbornness. Read full review
80
The GuardianLeslie FelperinMay 2, 2024
I can think of few documentaries that are more honest, self-scrutinising and revelatory about ageing, familial love and its limits, and the whole tragicomic process of dying. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 14, 2024
Death isn’t an ending in this achingly funny-sad film, just an anxiety passed between loved ones. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalZachary BarnesMar 14, 2024
Mr. Chambers presents an attentive, sometimes painful and admirably unsentimental study of the everyday struggles of senescence and caretaking alike. Read full review
80
Screen DailyNikki BaughanMar 14, 2024
In its refreshingly frank look at the end of life, Much Ado About Dying becomes a thought-provoking study of what it means to live. Read full review
58
IndieWireVikram MurthiMar 14, 2024
While Much Ado About Dying strives to be a tribute to caretakers and Chambers’ dearly departed uncle, its baggy structure, dictated by David’s declining health, renders the film frustratingly inert. Read full review
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