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52 out of 100

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  • Summary: Kill the Poor is a rueful and darkly comic tale about the quest to achieve the American Dream, on the Urban frontier. (IFC Films)

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    70
    Result hovers a little uncertainly between dark comedy and urban drama, but remains compelling thanks to its gritty narrative texture, nervous energy and loose, jumpy structure, which fit well with the DV-shot production's no-frills approach.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Benjamin Strong
    50
    Shot on a modest DV budget, Kill the Poor isn't pretty, but it's a balanced look at the dirty politics of gentrification.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Sort of a poor man's "Rent" - minus the music and the AIDS - and much blander than the title would have you expect.

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    Bad, nothing above or below that.
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