Best two reviews:
1) - A rip-roaring, bloody slice of Russian genre cinema that combines a tightly plotted narrative with a stylish command of craft to hugely entertaining, immersive effect. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) The Guardian- Why Don’t You Just Die! is an accomplished film that makes the very most of its limited sets, without seeming constricted or stagey. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
Worst two reviews:
9) - Why Don’t You Just Die! is too cartoonish and glib to have much to say about Russia or about genre films in general. But it is stylish and snazzy — a confident throwback to the knowing exploitation pictures of yesteryear. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
10) - Aside from the film’s more immediate pleasures, what is perhaps most intriguing about Why Don’t You Just Die! is Sokolov’s almost visible attempt to find his own voice: among this melange of film-school influences, it’s undoubtedly there, though perhaps it hasn’t quite formed yet. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
1) - A rip-roaring, bloody slice of Russian genre cinema that combines a tightly plotted narrative with a stylish command of craft to hugely entertaining, immersive effect. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) The Guardian- Why Don’t You Just Die! is an accomplished film that makes the very most of its limited sets, without seeming constricted or stagey. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
Worst two reviews:
9) - Why Don’t You Just Die! is too cartoonish and glib to have much to say about Russia or about genre films in general. But it is stylish and snazzy — a confident throwback to the knowing exploitation pictures of yesteryear. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
10) - Aside from the film’s more immediate pleasures, what is perhaps most intriguing about Why Don’t You Just Die! is Sokolov’s almost visible attempt to find his own voice: among this melange of film-school influences, it’s undoubtedly there, though perhaps it hasn’t quite formed yet. (Rating: 60) Read Full Review >
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