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Assisted Living

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57
9.0 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Drama

Written by: Elliot Greenebaum

Directed by: Elliot Greenebaum

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 2, 2005
DVD: January 10, 2006

Running Time: 78 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Michael Bonsignore, Maggie Riley, Malerie Boone, Nancy Jo Boone, Hance Purcell, Kathy Hogan, Jose Albovias, and The Staff & Residents of the Masonic Homes of Kentucky

Assisted Living follows 27-year-old Todd through his final day of work as a janitor at a nursing home.

What The Critics Said

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80

Film Threat Eric Campos

It's difficult at first to tell whether this is a documentary or a fictional work and this makes Assisted Living all the more involving.

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80

Washington Post Desson Thomson

This finale turns Assisted Living from fascinating experimental film into something finer.

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80

Slate David Edelstein

Somehow, Assisted Living jells. Maggie Riley is astoundingly convincing, and she and Bonsignore's Todd have an unforced chemistry that catches you off guard.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Jonathan Curiel

Works more often than it doesn't.

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Gently filmed, quietly thoughtful, sometimes almost heartbreaking.

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70

The New York Times Stephen Holden

May be a comedy, but its images of physical frailty are inescapably unsettling. As the camera fixates on frail, spotted trembling hands unsteadily reaching out, it is impossible not to imagine a future in which those hands could be yours.

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70

TV Guide Ken Fox

Greenebaum manages to portray old-age as a condition with its own peculiar beauty and considerable grace.

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70

Variety Scott Foundas

A noteworthy piece on a difficult subject.

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70

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

Yet for all its willful blurring of the lines between documentary and fiction, Assisted Living is the least self-conscious of movies.

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70

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Only 22 when he began shooting the film, Greenebaum displays a prodigious understanding of the treatment of the elderly in contemporary America.

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63

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

The whimsy Greenebaum wants to construct can't match the terminal sadness that naturally takes over the film. Perhaps in accidental tribute to Todd, the whole thing feels half-baked.

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60

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

Assisted Living's overall mix doesn't quite jell, though there are worthwhile moments.

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60

The Hollywood Reporter Joe Mader

A curious film with real heart but questionable technique. This art house fodder is just quirky and fresh enough to catch on with audiences.

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50

Village Voice Peter L'Official

There's a finer line between peaceable pothead jocularity and just being a dick--and sometimes it's tough to tell whether Todd is more Jon Stewart or Tucker Carlson.

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

Assisted Living gets a little better as it wears on, and at least it's refreshingly short.

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50

Austin Chronicle Shawn Badgley

The occasionally contrived music-video slicky edge, and the fact that there's no way on God's green earth that what takes place in Assisted Living happens in one day, it's a noble effort.

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38

New York Post Debra Birnbaum

Jarringly insensitive and amateurish debut feature.

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25

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Greenebaum's tedious, film-school level exercise in self-indulgence and exploitation.

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0

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Parts of the film play like the world's slowest and most insensitive reality show (Who Wants to Be an Octogenarian?).

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lee D. gave it an8:
Really cute, won't win an Oscar, but it held my interest. It was a mix of sad, but also funny as real life is.

Mark K. gave it an8:
The film is both funny and painful. Those with parent and grandparents warehoused in these facilities will find some portions hard to take, but the movies reality is what makes it worth watching.

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