The Taiwan Oyster

Name: The Taiwan Oyster
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Comedy
Released: October 18, 2013
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 73

2013

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SnagFilms | Release Date: October 18, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Two American ex-pats in Taiwan steal the corpse of a fallen countryman they barely knew and embark on a quixotic odyssey to find a proper burial place.

Director: Mark Jarrett

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Peter Debruge

Oct 18, 2013

Disguised as a drunken cartwheel through expat paradise, Mark Jarrett’s striking feature juggles questions of mortality along its rowdy cross-country path. Read full review

McClatchy-Tribune News Service Roger Moore

Oct 18, 2013

Mark Jarrett’s amiable road picture has a morbid whimsy and a coming-of-age hook. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

Oct 18, 2013

Part romance, existential meditation and dark comedy, the film, like its perplexed characters, isn’t always certain of what it wants to be. Yet in the end it does pretty well for itself, despite those self-doubts. Read full review

IndieWire Gary M. Kramer

Oct 21, 2013

The Taiwan Oyster manages to be consistently engaging despite its flaws. Read full review

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