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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks (Noah Silver) is found by the river. Adam (Cameron Monaghan), the star of his cross-country team, becomes fascinated with Jamie-a boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamie's ghost begins to appear both to Adam and Gracie (Morgan...

Directed By: Carter Smith

Written By: Christopher Barzak, Carter Smith

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 41 m

Jamie Marks Is Dead

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
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Summary In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks (Noah Silver) is found by the river. Adam (Cameron Monaghan), the star of his cross-country team, becomes fascinated with Jamie-a boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamie's ghost begins to appear both to Adam and Gracie (Morgan...

Directed By: Carter Smith

Written By: Christopher Barzak, Carter Smith

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review

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70
Aug 28, 2014
Temperate in tone but screaming with subtext, Jamie Marks Is Dead climbs above the current glut of supernaturally inclined entertainment by dint of a hushed unease that permeates almost every frame.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 27, 2014
Being haunted by a ghost here is less like a horror movie than like many of the other secrets teenagers share -- working out matters of life and death that no one around them has a clue about.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 27, 2014
The potentially ludicrous story is handled artfully enough here to cast an eerie but not off-putting spell throughout, though the ultimate point is more than a tad murky, and the desired poignancy doesn’t fully come across.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 29, 2014
This not-quite-horror movie is so indulgently languorous — some might describe it as poetic and mournful while those who are less kind would dismiss it as plodding and downright depressing — it is likely to test the patience of many viewers.
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 28, 2014
Jamie Marks Is Dead admirably refuses to hew to conventional horror tropes and is acted with integrity by its young performers, but the film nonetheless has a nagging pulse problem.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
40
Aug 27, 2014
There are too many vaguely defined interpersonal dynamics and marginal characters (hi, Liv Tyler and Judy Greer!) that distract needlessly from the earnest tone of an outrageous set-up.
By Aaron Hillis FULL REVIEW
20
Aug 27, 2014
Writer-director Carter Smith got his start as a successful fashion photographer. But you wouldn’t know it from the murky look of this generic thriller.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
5.1
43% Positive
6 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
29% Negative
4 Ratings

User Reviews

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User Score
Mixed or Average Based on 14 User Ratings
5.1
43% Positive
6 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
29% Negative
4 Ratings

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Production Company Verisimilitude, Mountaintop Productions
Release Date Aug 29, 2014
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline How far would you go to be remembered?
Website https://www.facebook.com/jamiemarksisdead
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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