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  • 1995
  • R
  • Gramercy Pictures (I)
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Gramercy Pictures (I)
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Three roommates believe they've found the perfect fourth person to share their home. But almost immediately after moving in they find him dead in his bedroom from a massive drug overdose. Even stranger, they find a suitcase full of money under his bed. They are faced with the moral dilemma of whether to call the police and turn in the ca...

Directed By: Danny Boyle

Written By: John Hodge

  • 1995
  • R
  • Gramercy Pictures (I)
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Gramercy Pictures (I)
  • 1 h 29 m

Shallow Grave

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 179 User Ratings
8.3
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Summary Three roommates believe they've found the perfect fourth person to share their home. But almost immediately after moving in they find him dead in his bedroom from a massive drug overdose. Even stranger, they find a suitcase full of money under his bed. They are faced with the moral dilemma of whether to call the police and turn in the ca...

Directed By: Danny Boyle

Written By: John Hodge

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
67
65% Positive
13 Reviews
35% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
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65% Positive
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35% Mixed
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100
In his big-screen directing debut, British film maker Danny Boyle demonstrates wit, intelligence and economy of style.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
88
Danny Boyle's effective psychological thriller.
By Ethan Alter FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 179 User Ratings
8.3
85% Positive
153 Ratings
7% Mixed
13 Ratings
7% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 179 User Ratings
8.3
85% Positive
153 Ratings
7% Mixed
13 Ratings
7% Negative
13 Ratings

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10
Perineum
Jan 14, 2020
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Solarium
Jan 12, 2020
A+ *************************************************************************
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78
Boyle, MacDonald, and Hodge honed this wonderful coupling of music, visuals, and clever words, as well as a strange affection for toy babies, in their first film.
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67
Danny Boyle's glittering, deadpan, nihilistic little thriller.
By Scott Brown FULL REVIEW
60
A sky-high level of misanthropy overwhelms his film in ways that prove more sour than droll, despite the presence of skillful actors and a bizarrely enveloping plot.
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
50
This is exactly the kind of weird, sardonic texture the movie is aiming for - and unfortunately, most of it occurs in the first half of the story.
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50
All of the materials are in place for a film that might have pleased Orwell. But somehow they never come together.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
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10
TylerDurden900
Jul 14, 2014
Shallow Grave is a very well shot and acted movie from British director Danny Boyle. The cast is great with Ewen Mcgregor from Trainspotting. The plot is very clever and the movie has a nice **** feel to it. The story is unpredictable and it will become one of your favourite movies.
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themoza
Apr 30, 2011
A slick, clever, well shot thriller. Almost everything about this film works, and works well. Danny Boyle, trÃs bien! The great sweeping shot that reveals just who was the quickest, is pure genius. Just great
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6
BarneyOnMT
Oct 31, 2016
WHAT I LIKED: The entirety of 'Shallow Grave' drives for the darkest possible humour, and rather surprisingly it often lands. This is particularly the case in the slightly-more-subtle first half where great performances from this stellar crew shine through far more strongly. WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE: Unfortunately you're left thinking things have gone a bit too far as it goes on because everything spirals out of control, even though very little actually occurs to get you invested. By the end the plot and humour is so off track that it struggles to make any sort of narrative sense at all. Payoff? A disappointing ending with a weak thematic through-line to match. VERDICT: There's no doubt Boyle is an able film-maker, but his efforts here are by no means his best. Shallow Grave largely dissapoints.
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BKM
May 16, 2013
It's nothing that hasn't been seen before. Friends are torn apart by greed after their flatmate dies and leaves a mysterious suitcase of money behind. What makes this film worth checking out is Danny Boyle's darkly comic approach to the material and Ewan McGregor's devilishly fun performance.
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TheFineBro
Apr 29, 2013
This movie goes on and on and on, and even if it is funny or very entertained sometimes, it just wasn't that good. Also is one of Danny Boyle's worst and i wanted more of this, a lot more of this
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Production Company Channel Four Films, The Glasgow Film Fund, Figment Films
Release Date Feb 10, 1995
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
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Tagline The award winning thriller that'll bury you with laughs.
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Awards

Empire Awards, UK
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Angers European First Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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