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- 2004
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2004
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 32 m
Summary When a married man discovers he is HIV-positive, he tracks down the one man he ever slept with, who he suspects infected him with the virus.
Directed By: Tony Piccirillo
Written By: Tony Piccirillo, Tony Piccirillo
- 2004
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2004
- R
- Screen Media Films
- 1 h 32 m
The 24th Day
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5.0
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Summary When a married man discovers he is HIV-positive, he tracks down the one man he ever slept with, who he suspects infected him with the virus.
Directed By: Tony Piccirillo
Written By: Tony Piccirillo, Tony Piccirillo
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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3 Reviews
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3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
29
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Despite strong performances, this drawn-out "Day" feels like a cross between the claustrophobic play it once was, and the R-rated "After-School Special" it wants to be.
What might have proved reasonably compelling onstage comes across as forced on film, with credibility taking a back seat to contrivance.
Not since Larry Clark's "Kids" (1995) has the threat of HIV infection been used so gratuitously, driving a narrative that ultimately has nothing to do with the AIDS crisis.
Mr. Piccirillo's direction reflects a basic knowledge of stagecraft but no discernable sense of filmmaking. The dull television-style close-ups march relentlessly across the screen, leaving only the ghostly trails of badly transferred video images behind.
No amount of fidgety editing and anxious soundtrack atonality can distract from the creakingly implausible scenario (Marsden's Dan is an almost comic exemplar of uncharacteristic hostage behavior).
Boasts one of the most ludicrous plots ever committed to digital video.
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