The Civil Dead

Name: The Civil Dead
Genre: Comedy
Released: February 3, 2023
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Anna Seregina, Anthony Oberbeck, Budd Diaz, Chris Thayer, Christian Lee Hutson

2023

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Utopia | Release Date: February 3, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Anna Seregina, Anthony Oberbeck, Budd Diaz, Chris Thayer, Christian Lee Hutson, Clay Tatum, DeMorge Brown, Robert Longstreet, Teresa Lee, Whitmer Thomas

Summary: Clay is a loner photographer who enjoys a mundane life with his artist wife Whitney in Los Angeles. Whitney advises Clay, who has been creatively stagnant and unemployed for months, to go out and be productive while she’s out of town and not to “just lay in the living room and drink beer”. While taking photos out in a park, Clay happensClay is a loner photographer who enjoys a mundane life with his artist wife Whitney in Los Angeles. Whitney advises Clay, who has been creatively stagnant and unemployed for months, to go out and be productive while she’s out of town and not to “just lay in the living room and drink beer”. While taking photos out in a park, Clay happens upon his long-lost friend, Whit. After a night of catching up, Whit discloses an unsettling secret to Clay, which puts a strain on his marriage and causes him to question his own sanity.… Expand

Director: Clay Tatum

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 104 min

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Clare Martin

Mar 3, 2023

The Civil Dead sounds like a buddy comedy on the surface, but Tatum and Thomas pull a bait-and-switch, with the film ending up much sadder than expected (while still quite funny) and even evoking elements of The Banshees of Inisherin. Read full review

The Film Stage C.J. Prince

Feb 2, 2023

Some viewers will probably find the film’s inertness with story and scale frustrating, but Tatum and Thomas’ commitment and chemistry won me over. The fact that both leads are real-life friends goes a long way, given the baggy pacing and some of the more uneven comedic moments, and Tatum’s usage of long takes helps increase the awkward tension of both characters’ forced arrangement. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 9, 2023

Gently discursive and virtually plotless, The Civil Dead is a walking-and-talking movie that finds uncommon humor in Whit’s need to be seen and Clay’s extreme discomfort with that responsibility. Read full review

Steven Scaife

Jan 30, 2023

Clay Tatum’s film is wholly and refreshingly uninterested in tugging at the heartstrings. Read full review

Noel Murray

Feb 17, 2023

The movie’s premise is clever; but what really makes it work is that these two use this ghost schtick as a way to examine the ways that friendship can be a hassle. Read full review

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