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  • 2010
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary In this edgy thriller, Don McKay flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend, Don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may never escape. (Image Ente...

Directed By: Jake Goldberger

Written By: Jake Goldberger

  • 2010
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2010
  • R
  • Image Entertainment
  • 1 h 27 m
Don McKay
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Summary In this edgy thriller, Don McKay flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend, Don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may never escape. (Image Ente...

Directed By: Jake Goldberger

Written By: Jake Goldberger

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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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15% Positive
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77% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Don McKay is a curious hybrid of warring tones that occasionally make peace. When they do, it's quite magical.
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He definitely needs more experience, but writer/director Jake Goldberger displays an appealingly skewed sense of humor in his noir debut.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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Church oozes lonely-patsy schlubiness and Shue radiates crazed heat, but the movie ultimately relies too heavily on dry wackiness and goes too light on the fatalistic bleakness.
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Though quite watchable thanks to its cast, the overly ambitious Don McKay ends up as confused as its main female character.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
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The only person in Don McKay having a better time than Shue is Melissa Leo, who plays Sonny’s insinuating housemate. She’s too much by half, in an Agnes Moorehead sort of way.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
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A film noir set mostly in broad daylight, Don McKay, writer-director Jake Goldberger's mild riff on "Double Indemnity," etc., works best as a showcase for its veteran cast, particularly Elisabeth Shue.
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A ludicrously pretentious train wreck masquerading as a movie.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Animus Films
Release Date Apr 2, 2010
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
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Tagline Some secrets are better left buried.
Website http://www.donmckayfilm.com/
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