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- 2023
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 27 m
- 2023
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 27 m
Summary After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.
Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre
Written By: Michael Kennedy
- 2023
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 27 m
- 2023
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 27 m
It's a Wonderful Knife
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4.7
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Summary After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.
Directed By: Tyler MacIntyre
Written By: Michael Kennedy
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
52
29% Positive
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4 Reviews
50% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
It’s A Wonderful Knife is one of those pictures that is so surprisingly good you wish you had seen it in a theater. Plus, this is one spiffy-looking picture.
It's A Wonderful Knife might make its points with steel blades, but that doesn't negate the saccharine earnestness that assures this one as a new Christmas horror favorite with a heart three sizes bigger than you'd expect.
Sometimes cheap but largely cheerful, this is a fun stocking-filler for horror fans — with plenty of heart to pump all that blood.
The genre slant promised by the title seems to be less of a tonal responsibility than an excuse to abruptly break out into the occasional suspense set piece.
It’s queer and contemporary — a decent addition to an already lengthy Christmas horror movie marathon that can edge out 1997’s “Jack Frost” but doesn’t come close to touching “Gremlins” or even “Krampus.”
Festive horror is a notorious subgenre, with last year’s runaway success Violent Night scratching this itch for many—to say nothing of classics like 1974’s Black Christmas. It’s A Wonderful Knife sports an equally clever parody title, but has little else going for it, coasting on the premise of Frank Capra’s classic and failing to stand out among its predecessors.
It’s a Wonderful Knife doesn’t just slash through our expectations about what we’re going to see. It stumbles in managing the basics, starting with “Must make some kind of sense, surreal or otherwise.
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Awards
Toronto After Dark Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
