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  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary When a powerful mob boss (Walken) gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. But when someone gets killed, Jimmy and his partners are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams (Anwar). (Miramax)

Directed By: Gary Fleder

Written By: Scott Rosenberg

  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
45
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 20 User Ratings
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Summary When a powerful mob boss (Walken) gives ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint (Garcia) one last job, it's an offer he can't refuse. But when someone gets killed, Jimmy and his partners are marked for death, leaving Jimmy just 48 hours to put things right for his buddies and the woman of his dreams (Anwar). (Miramax)

Directed By: Gary Fleder

Written By: Scott Rosenberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
45
38% Positive
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25% Mixed
4 Reviews
38% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
45
38% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
4 Reviews
38% Negative
6 Reviews

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75
It's a perversely comic movie ride into the wild blue of crime and punishment.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
63
More of a pretender than a contender in a field that includes superior entries like "Reservoir Dogs" and "The Usual Suspects."
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
63
Colorful. [1 December 1995, p.D13]
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
50
The movie features a very cool soundtrack and more hip lingo than two ears can absorb. But, like the air in Denver, this movie is spread awfully thin.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
33
Its greatest achievement is that there isn't a single convincing scene in it.
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25
Things to do in the movie theater until you mercifully die of boredom sums up this witness' response to the ordeal of sitting through this movie.
By Barbara Shulgasser FULL REVIEW
10
Ought to be the subject of an obituary, not a review. A creepy film noir modeled on Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs," it was a stinking stiff on arrival.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW

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30% Negative
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Production Company Miramax, Woods Entertainment
Release Date Dec 1, 1995
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Protect. Love. Honor. Avenge.
Website http://www.miramax.com/movie/things-to-do-in-denver-when-youre-dead
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Awards

Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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