The Living Wake
Mangusta Productions | Release Date: May 14, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
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80
Time OutAaron Hillis
Sol Tryon’s dark, irrepressibly hilarious fable offers highbrow absurdism and low-budget filmmaking at their most clever and outlandish. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineJohn P. McCarthy
There's nothing more irritating than a piece that strains to be kooky and eccentric, yet one reason The Living Wake ultimately gets to you is that O'Connell is not trying too hard. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Audiences will be either captivated or irritated, depending on their tolerance for high-concept whimsy and high-energy theatrics. By the end of the wake itself, they may be wishing Binew’s illness were running ahead of schedule. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The Living Wake is cursed with a permanent smirk of smug self-satisfaction: It’s so delighted with itself that it leaves audiences out of the equation. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The number of clearly talented individuals who committed themselves to the folly of The Living Wake were fearless too. Read full review
25
New York PostLou Lumenick
This is a terminally whimsical vanity project that would probably have been a chore to sit through even in its original intended format, a 20-minute stage monologue. Read full review
20
Village VoiceNick Schager
From an opening newsreel biography to a climactic Viking funereal ceremony, the film's absurdity proves oppressive, its linguistic cartwheels so mirthless, and its meticulous Wes Anderson–indebted set design and visual compositions so self-conscious, that the ridiculousness feels petrified. Read full review
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