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Documentary about an unconventional 1960s-era Connecticut couple who turned to psychiatry to save their failing marriage, inadvertently tearing their family apart in the process. Cast:Allis Beaumont Reid, Charlie Ker Reid IIDirector:Morgan DewsRelease Date:February 20, 2009DVD Release:November 10, 2009From:Gigantic Pictures Length:1 hr 13 min
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Must Read After My Death, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
Must Read After My Death played in limited release to very good reviews. • Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times, "What an anguished story it tells, of a marriage from hell.... I watched this film horrified and fascinated." • And Joe Morgenstern wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "The film rises to the status of art thanks to the tension between horror that's heard and sweetness that's seen." More Reviews Below...
Must Read After My Death Positive Reviews (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: EXCELLENT(cg) "...absorbing, undeniably troubling... Morgan Dews stitches together the elements of an American family undone by drink, infidelity, and the mid-20th-century blues."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 98 words, 02/27/09
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (7 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Dews makes the family come alive, using seamlessly stitched-together home movies and photographs to flesh out the visual part of his portrait."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 658 words, 02/20/09
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: EXCELLENT(cg) "...intensely compelling... Dews wisely realizes that he needs nothing more than his grandparents' writings, recordings and home movies to portray the stark emptiness..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 127 words, 02/20/09
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING(cg) "What an anguished story it tells, of a marriage from hell.... I watched this film horrified and fascinated. There is such raw pain here."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 747 words, 02/19/09
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...so compelling and so taut in its construction that it is virtually impossible to look away; the images on-screen sit in almost complete opposition to the story we hear."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 813 words, 02/27/09
Kyle Smith, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...grueling to sit through. Yet the greasy, guilty thrill of being privy to your neighbors' most intimate dramas makes it impossible to stop watching."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 328 words, 02/20/09
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a posthumous snapshot of an era whose smug surface, barely masking oceans of suffering, makes 'Revolutionary Road' look like a tea party."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 02/18/09
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Charles Ealy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "The overall effect is remniscent of 'Capturing the Friedmans' from 2003, although this new documentary has no implications of sexual abuse."(See all of Charles Ealy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 354 words, 02/20/09
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: EXCELLENT(cg) "Dews has expertly pieced together random tapes of pain, anger, loss and fear and composed a compelling portrait of nonconformity and its consequences."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 593 words, 02/20/09
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: EXCELLENT "...a posthumous snapshot of an era whose smug surface, barely masking oceans of suffering, makes 'Revolutionary Road' look like a tea party."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 218 words, 02/18/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Dews makes the family come alive, using seamlessly stitched-together home movies and photographs to flesh out the visual part of his portrait."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 658 words, 02/20/09
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...so compelling and so taut in its construction that it is virtually impossible to look away; the images on-screen sit in almost complete opposition to the story we hear."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 813 words, 02/27/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Robert Koehler, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...turns straightforward homemovie material into visual art, perhaps a grandson's way of making something meaningful of his grandmother's life."(See all of Robert Koehler's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 693 words, 07/07/08
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "...so compelling and so taut in its construction that it is virtually impossible to look away; the images on-screen sit in almost complete opposition to the story we hear."(See all of Betsy Sharkey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 813 words, 02/27/09
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "Mr. Dews makes the family come alive, using seamlessly stitched-together home movies and photographs to flesh out the visual part of his portrait."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 658 words, 02/20/09
11.3 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Must Read After My Death's reviews are separated by an average 11.3 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.
Must Read After My Death (13 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Must Read After My Death's reviews cover 20.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 5,695 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 438 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Must Read After My Death Coverage, Volume & Length (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 2.0 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Must Read After My Death's reviews on average broke 2.0 hours 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 Must Read After My Death's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Must Read After My Death (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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