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Assisted Living
Economic Projections
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
|
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Elliot Greenebaum
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Elliot Greenebaum
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: January 10, 2006
Theatrical: February 2, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
78 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Grand Jury Prize, 2003 Slamdance International Film Festival; Maverick Award (Best Feature Film), 2003 Woodstock Film Festival; Best Feature, 2003 Gen Art Film Festival

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.

80
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
This finale turns Assisted Living from fascinating experimental film into something finer.

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.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
Works more often than it doesn't.

75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Gently filmed, quietly thoughtful, sometimes almost heartbreaking.

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.

70
TV Guide
Ken Fox
Greenebaum manages to portray old-age as a condition with its own peculiar beauty and considerable grace.

70
Variety
Scott Foundas
A noteworthy piece on a difficult subject.

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.

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.

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.

60
Dallas Observer
Luke Y. Thompson
Assisted Living's overall mix doesn't quite jell, though there are worthwhile moments.

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.

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.

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.

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.

38
New York Post
Debra Birnbaum
Jarringly insensitive and amateurish debut feature.

25
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Greenebaum's tedious, film-school level exercise in self-indulgence and exploitation.

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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