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  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • XYZ Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • XYZ Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary Will, a young Hispanic gay potter, is one gregarious guy. His boss is terrible, but he's got a great boyfriend and a great job. Unfortunately, behind that veneer is a dark past of violence and mental illness that he is desperate to keep hidden. When his bipolar mother comes out of the woodwork after ten years of silence, he begins exhibi...

Directed By: Addison Heimann

Written By: Addison Heimann

  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • XYZ Films
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • XYZ Films
  • 1 h 37 m

Hypochondriac

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Will, a young Hispanic gay potter, is one gregarious guy. His boss is terrible, but he's got a great boyfriend and a great job. Unfortunately, behind that veneer is a dark past of violence and mental illness that he is desperate to keep hidden. When his bipolar mother comes out of the woodwork after ten years of silence, he begins exhibi...

Directed By: Addison Heimann

Written By: Addison Heimann

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63
Jul 29, 2022
It doesn’t come together nearly as neatly as you’d like. But “Hypochondriac” manages a few chills and some eyes-averting gore thanks to Will’s memories of what happened and how close he is to repeating the awful past he grew up in.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 29, 2022
When a movie doesn’t quite come together, it’s often tempting to say that something essential is missing. I’m not so sure that that’s true of “Hypochondriac,” a rather good psychodrama about repressed childhood trauma that’s also an underwhelming horror movie about mental illness.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 22, 2022
The combination of gay protagonists, mental illness exploration, horror tropes, and surreal elements that gesture toward “Donnie Darko” make for an ambitious mix that holds attention, even if the uneven, somewhat muddled results are ultimately more effortful than insightful.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 28, 2022
Its armchair psychology makes for queasy viewing, a conflation of diagnosis and damnation.
By Teo Bugbee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Minutehand Pictures
Release Date Jul 29, 2022
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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