You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Super LTD | Release Date (Streaming): August 21, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 26, 2020
It’s undeniably affirming to watch someone risk it all in order to embrace who they really are, even if that’s not who the world said they should want to be. It’s been one hell of a journey, but David Arquette has finally found the role of a lifetime. Read full review
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The New York TimesTeo BugbeeAug 27, 2020
What’s fascinating is Arquette’s vulnerability, both emotionally and physically. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 27, 2020
There’s no doubting Arquette’s sincere desire to learn the sport and craft of wrestling, to get into shape, to resuscitate his career, to make his family proud. We’re still rooting for the guy. Read full review
72
TheWrapSteve PondAug 27, 2020
A documentary that sends up more red flags than a MAGA rally, You Cannot Kill David Arquette is nonetheless a robust (albeit bloody) piece of entertainment. And it’s also a character study of a guy who’s revealing himself to us regardless of whether what we’re seeing is reality or construction. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNick AllenAug 28, 2020
Even for a movie about a theatrical sport, focused around an actor who wants to learn what it's like to wrestle for real, You Cannot Kill David Arquette rings far too much like a vanity project. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAug 24, 2020
It is riveting, deeply depressing stuff – and would be more engaging if co-directors David Darg and Price James had decided to explore the many similarities that movie-making and wrestling share, such as their devotion to putting on a highly fictional show. Read full review
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VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 25, 2020
Is Arquette a has-been actor trumping up his biggest failure so that he can exploit it? Or is he a lionhearted wrestler who finds triumph by going the distance? The weird thing is that there’s no difference. Read full review
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CNNBrian LowrySep 8, 2020
Strange and more than a little sad, You Cannot Kill David Arquette -- a documentary about the actor's adventures in wrestling -- derives most of its strength from the discomfort associated with watching it. As the son of a showbiz family, the fact that Arquette is reduced to this cry for attention more than anything reflects the enticing lure of the spotlight. Read full review
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