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The Civil Dead

Summary Clay is a loner photographer who enjoys a mundane life with his artist wife Whitney in Los Angeles. Whitney advises Clay, who has been creatively stagnant and unemployed for months, to go out and be productive while she’s out of town and not to “just lay in the living room and drink beer”. While taking photos out in a park, Clay happens ...

Directed By: Clay Tatum

Written By: Whitmer Thomas, Clay Tatum

  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 44 m

The Civil Dead

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Clay is a loner photographer who enjoys a mundane life with his artist wife Whitney in Los Angeles. Whitney advises Clay, who has been creatively stagnant and unemployed for months, to go out and be productive while she’s out of town and not to “just lay in the living room and drink beer”. While taking photos out in a park, Clay happens ...

Directed By: Clay Tatum

Written By: Whitmer Thomas, Clay Tatum

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78
Mar 3, 2023
The Civil Dead sounds like a buddy comedy on the surface, but Tatum and Thomas pull a bait-and-switch, with the film ending up much sadder than expected (while still quite funny) and even evoking elements of The Banshees of Inisherin.
By Clare Martin FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 2, 2023
Some viewers will probably find the film’s inertness with story and scale frustrating, but Tatum and Thomas’ commitment and chemistry won me over. The fact that both leads are real-life friends goes a long way, given the baggy pacing and some of the more uneven comedic moments, and Tatum’s usage of long takes helps increase the awkward tension of both characters’ forced arrangement.
By C.J. Prince FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 9, 2023
Gently discursive and virtually plotless, The Civil Dead is a walking-and-talking movie that finds uncommon humor in Whit’s need to be seen and Clay’s extreme discomfort with that responsibility.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
63
Jan 30, 2023
Clay Tatum’s film is wholly and refreshingly uninterested in tugging at the heartstrings.
By Steven Scaife FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 17, 2023
The movie’s premise is clever; but what really makes it work is that these two use this ghost schtick as a way to examine the ways that friendship can be a hassle.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Feb 3, 2023
Duration 1 h 44 m
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Website https://claytatum.com/The-Civil-Dead
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Awards

Slamdance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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