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  • 2021
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Pat Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier) has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home. But when Pat gets word that a former client's dying wish was for him to style her final hairdo, he sets out on an epic journey across Sandusky to confront the ghosts of his pas...

Directed By: Todd Stephens

Written By: Todd Stephens

  • 2021
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2021
  • R
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 45 m

Swan Song

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Retired hairdresser and local bar performer icon Pat Pitsenbarger (Udo Kier) has given up on life from the confines of his small-town Sandusky, Ohio nursing home. But when Pat gets word that a former client's dying wish was for him to style her final hairdo, he sets out on an epic journey across Sandusky to confront the ghosts of his pas...

Directed By: Todd Stephens

Written By: Todd Stephens

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
18 Reviews
27% Mixed
7 Reviews
4% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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27% Mixed
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100
Jun 14, 2022
Inspired by a real-life Sandusky, Ohio legend, writer-director Todd Stephens crafts an impeccable odyssey that ponders love, loss, and attitudinal changes.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 10, 2022
Paying homage to a true hometown pioneer, Stephens’ portrait of a gentleman who knows how to be nothing but entirely himself is a compassionate and colourful character study.
By Emily Maskell FULL REVIEW

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Aug 12, 2021
Kier makes a most companionable tour guide for us as the day gently, sadly and amusingly makes its way to the long night to come.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 5, 2021
The more commercial way of doing this story would have been to make Pat into a flinty and sassy guy no matter what, but Stephens chooses the more realistic path of making him into a person with flaws and a great deal of vulnerability, almost to a fault.
By Dan Callahan FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 6, 2021
Unfortunately, the film gets derailed by tonal inconsistencies and a clichéd plot that undermines the strength of its memorable outlier sections.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 5, 2021
Kier is unfailingly captivating in the film, which makes it all the more bothersome that the film itself doesn’t match him.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
25
Aug 2, 2021
The film is kindly and well-intended, but it’s also sentimental and lifeless. Swan Song is a rare movie without a single good scene.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Luna Pictures, House of Gemini
Release Date Aug 6, 2021
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.facebook.com/SwanSongTheFilm
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Awards

CinEuphoria Awards
• 4 Nominations
Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations

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