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- 2024
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 20 m
- 2024
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 20 m
Summary Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is a ne'er-do-well literature professor adrift on a soulless college campus who learns he only has six months to live. With the clock ticking, will he change his ways? Probably not.
Directed By: Bob Byington
Written By: Bob Byington
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 20 m
- 2024
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 20 m
Lousy Carter
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Summary Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is a ne'er-do-well literature professor adrift on a soulless college campus who learns he only has six months to live. With the clock ticking, will he change his ways? Probably not.
Directed By: Bob Byington
Written By: Bob Byington
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
59
67% Positive
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6 Reviews
33% Mixed
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0% Negative
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In terms of narrative, writing, and performance, the flick is hardly lousy to watch and will leave an impression, though it may not be everlasting.
Between the hammering misanthropy, the herky-jerky editing and almost defiantly crummy sound mix, this exasperating film keeps you enjoyably off-balance.
That the plot points are familiar and conventional is less the issue than a nagging unevenness along the way.
Lousy Carter, at its best, feels like a cruel joke on its own protagonist, the kind of guy so convinced of his own genius he doesn’t want to mess it up by actually putting himself out there.
Everybody strikes what seems to be the perfect tone for the material.
The film would have benefitted from either committing to Carter’s growth or taking the comedy in a much darker direction, but the middle path it trods is ultimately unsatisfying. Lousy Carter might be a reminder that middle age is filled with monotony and unsolvable problems, but that doesn’t mean our movies have to be.
Even by Byington’s lo-fi standards, Lousy Carter feels ramshackle. It’s got traces of the familiar warm bathos of his sardonic best work. However, like Lousy’s cardigan, it’s all a little threadbare.
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Production Company
Americano Brutto
Release Date Mar 29, 2024
Duration 1 h 20 m
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Website
https://www.lousycarter.com/
Awards
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Nomination
