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THE SUICIDE SHOP (LE MAGASIN DES SUICIDES)Movie Reviews
French language animated musical comedy about a family-owned store that sells all the accoutrements for the perfect suicide. Cast:Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami, Laurent Gendron, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Eric Métayer, Jacques Mathou, Urbain Cancelier, Pascal Parmentier, Edouard Prettet, Jean-Paul Comart, Annick Alane, Juliette Poissonnier, Philippe du JanerandDirector:Patrice LeconteRelease Date:November 30, 2012DVD Release: TBD Length:1 hr 20 min
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides), Good Reviews Toronto
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) played in limited release to good reviews. • Rob Salem wrote in the Toronto Star, "There are all sorts of ways to off yourself, and the Tuvaches are delighted to provide. A little too delighted.... a bleak, yet oddly upbeat cartoon musical." More Reviews Below...
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) Positive Reviews (6 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Rob Salem, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD "There are all sorts of ways to off yourself, and the Tuvaches are delighted to provide. A little too delighted.... a bleak, yet oddly upbeat cartoon musical."(See all of Rob Salem's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 333 words, 01/18/13
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...morbidly amusing... This isn't exactly kids' stuff... There's a musical number at the end of every dark alley, but most feel tedious and redundant..."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 11/29/12
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE "...alternately macabre and twee... Patrice Leconte's interest here is more about consumer satire than existential gloom..."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 411 words, 11/30/12
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (1 Review)
Radheyan Simonpillai, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...morbidly amusing... This isn't exactly kids' stuff... There's a musical number at the end of every dark alley, but most feel tedious and redundant..."(See all of Radheyan Simonpillai's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 11/29/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (0 Reviews)
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MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Variety: GOOD "...has cartoony fun with Jean Teule's cult novel.... Patrice Leconte is an incorrigible comedian who spins the unmentionable into a curiously upbeat satire."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 643 words, 05/25/12
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...bleakly comic... a tongue-in-cheek Parisian-set romp in which the warm humanism of eclectic director Patrice Leconte shines through."(See all of Deborah Young's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 475 words, 05/26/12
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: EXCELLENT(cg) "It's a testament to Leconte's idiosyncratic sensibility that he handles difficult, perhaps even impossible material in a charming, darkly humorous way..."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 478 words, 03/13/13
14.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)'s reviews are separated by an average 14.5 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.
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Coverage:The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)'s reviews cover 3.1% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,547 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 424 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) Coverage, Volume & Length (6 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 38 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)'s reviews on average broke 38 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 The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des suicides) (6 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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