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ARCHIE'S FINAL PROJECT (MY SUICIDE)Movie Reviews
Comedy drama about a 17-year-old who announces that he's going to kill himself - on camera - for a class project. Cast:Gabriel Sunday, Brooke Nevin, David Carradine, Joe MantegnaDirector:David Lee MillerRelease Date:September 23, 2011DVD Release:December 6, 2011From:Independent PicturesLength:1 hr 47 min
DECEMBER 6, 2011
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide), Weak Reviews LA
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide) played in Los Angeles to weak reviews. • Ernest Hardy wrote in LA Weekly, "...excruciating... It's that god-awful jaded, superior, precocious voice -- laden with cultural references spanning eras and generations -- that's applied to 'modern teens' by screenwriters angling for hipness.... a collage of cliches." • And Jay Weissberg called the film in Daily Variety, "...exasperating..." More Reviews Below...
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Parts neatly capture teenage angst and parts have a sharp documentary flavor.... But how are we to believe that the playful auteur behind this cinematic onslaught is suicidal?"(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 09/30/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "Self-consciously fizzy but tasteless and ultimately sour... introduces one more gratingly solipsistic, absurdly precocious movie adolescent to test our boundaries for empathy."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 09/23/11
Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly: POOR "...excruciating... It's that god-awful jaded, superior, precocious voice -- laden with cultural references spanning eras and generations -- that's applied to 'modern teens' by screenwriters angling for hipness.... a collage of cliches."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 205 words, 09/22/11
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
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ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (1 Review)
Ernest Hardy, LA Weekly: POOR "...excruciating... It's that god-awful jaded, superior, precocious voice -- laden with cultural references spanning eras and generations -- that's applied to 'modern teens' by screenwriters angling for hipness.... a collage of cliches."(See all of Ernest Hardy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 205 words, 09/22/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Parts neatly capture teenage angst and parts have a sharp documentary flavor.... But how are we to believe that the playful auteur behind this cinematic onslaught is suicidal?"(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 09/30/11
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "Self-consciously fizzy but tasteless and ultimately sour... introduces one more gratingly solipsistic, absurdly precocious movie adolescent to test our boundaries for empathy."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 09/23/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Jay Weissberg, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...exasperating... As a sympathetic look at troubled teens harboring suicidal fantasies, the pic is surprisingly effective, though it wears a veneer of complexity that doesn't fully pan out on analysis."(See all of Jay Weissberg's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 912 words, 02/09/09
Sura Wood, Hollywood Reporter: FAIR "Not as funny as it wants to be and implausible when it tries to be serious... seems aimed at members of a demographic who feel most alive when they're online."(See all of Sura Wood's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 557 words, 05/01/09
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "Self-consciously fizzy but tasteless and ultimately sour... introduces one more gratingly solipsistic, absurdly precocious movie adolescent to test our boundaries for empathy."(See all of Robert Abele's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 217 words, 09/23/11
Rachel Saltz, New York Times: FAIR "Parts neatly capture teenage angst and parts have a sharp documentary flavor.... But how are we to believe that the playful auteur behind this cinematic onslaught is suicidal?"(See all of Rachel Saltz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 250 words, 09/30/11
15.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide)'s reviews are separated by an average 15.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide) (5 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Archie's Final Project (My Suicide)'s reviews cover 6.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,141 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 428 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 125 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide)'s reviews on average broke 125 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Archie's Final Project (My Suicide)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Archie's Final Project (My Suicide) (5 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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