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  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Cinemad Presents
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Cinemad Presents
  • 1 h 35 m
Shit Year

Summary Renowned actress Colleen West aban­dons her suc­cess­ful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the quiet and peace of mind she longed for is dis­rupted by the noisy con­struc­tion of neigh­bor­ing hous­ing devel­op­ments. Before long, Colleen dis­cov­ers that she really can’t stand her­self now that she has given up the only thing...

Directed By: Cam Archer

Written By: Cam Archer

  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Cinemad Presents
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2011
  • Unrated
  • Cinemad Presents
  • 1 h 35 m

Shit Year

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Renowned actress Colleen West aban­dons her suc­cess­ful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the quiet and peace of mind she longed for is dis­rupted by the noisy con­struc­tion of neigh­bor­ing hous­ing devel­op­ments. Before long, Colleen dis­cov­ers that she really can’t stand her­self now that she has given up the only thing...

Directed By: Cam Archer

Written By: Cam Archer

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75
Sep 27, 2011
Shit Year is a thematic twin to Billy Wilder's "Sunset Boulevard," both heightened fables about the slow disintegration of a retired actress mourning her now-dead career by retreating inward.
By Glenn Heath Jr. FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 20, 2011
Barkin is often fascinating in playing a character who, in both her heroic bitchery and hysterical sadness, is more of a concept than a person, in a film that ultimately seems to be "about" nothing more or less than the actress' magnetic face.
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Sep 21, 2011
Ellen Barkin puts on a bold, candid performance in Cam Archer's Shit Year, but the enigmatic movie is composed of too many fragments to sustain her efforts.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 23, 2011
A protegé of Gus Van Sant, Archer -- who also makes short films and music videos -- has a wild imagination he has trouble harnessing. He doesn't know the meaning of "too much." But Barkin, in short, blond hair, is superb, as usual, and Aaron Platt's cinematography is stunning. Here's hoping Archer gets his s - - t together in feature No. 3.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 20, 2011
Shot in handsome, often vividly contrasting black and white, "____ Year" weighs in as an attempt at poetic expressionism, a bid to create a visual representation of Colleen's diffuse and fragmented mind. Mr. Archer's narrative ambitions are laudable, and some of his images (the cinematographer is Aaron Platt) are striking, though a lot of scenes also look like glossy fashion magazine layouts come to relative life. These poses and pretty rooms may accurately reflect Colleen's visual aesthetic, the world she inhabits or wants to, but whether hers or Mr. Archer's, it's not compelling.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 20, 2011
Barkin may be the equal of Gena Rowlands or Liv Ullmann. Her director's clumsiness, however, suggests he isn't fit to hold Cassavetes's or Bergman's old camera cases.
By David Fear FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Parts and Labor, Strange Loop Entertainment, Wild Invention
Release Date Sep 21, 2011
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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