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2022
R
Orion Pictures
1 h 26 m

2022
R
Orion Pictures
1 h 26 m

Summary Val (Jerrod Carmichael) has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin (Christopher Abbott), is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the p...

Directed By: Jerrod Carmichael

Written By: Ari Katcher, Ryan Welch

2022
R
Orion Pictures
1 h 26 m

2022
R
Orion Pictures
1 h 26 m

On the Count of Three

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

74

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

6.3

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Summary Val (Jerrod Carmichael) has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin (Christopher Abbott), is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the p...

Directed By: Jerrod Carmichael

Written By: Ari Katcher, Ryan Welch

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
20 Reviews

17% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 24 Critic Reviews

83% Positive
20 Reviews

17% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
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May 16, 2022

A gentle yet high-caliber mash-up of Sartre and Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket, Carmichael’s film is irreverent, serious, and heartrendingly sad in ways so crushingly honest that the unlikely outcome is spiritual uplift.

By Oliver Jones FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

May 13, 2022

This is a definitive statement of what Carmichael can do as a director, transcending the small scope of the film into something grander and more epic.

By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

45% Positive
5 Ratings

45% Mixed
5 Ratings

9% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

45% Positive
5 Ratings

45% Mixed
5 Ratings

9% Negative
1 Rating

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May 13, 2022

Thoughtfully conceived and brilliantly acted, it’s one of the most bleakly funny films to come out this year.

By Siddhant Adlakha FULL REVIEW

Feb 1, 2021

Even if the last act doesn’t succeed as intended, On the Count of Three threads the difficult task of finding the humor in hopelessness while not exploiting the genuine pain of severe depression.

By Jordan Raup FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

May 13, 2022

All of the miseries that are revealed as the two men go about their day may be bleak, but the humor comes from the small indignities inflicted on them even as they try to go out with a bang.

By Alison Willmore FULL REVIEW

Feb 2, 2021

Jerrod Carmichael is a volatile director and an electric actor, but Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch’s screenplay routinely force the characters into formulaic, trivializing scenarios.

By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

Feb 1, 2021

A good movie exists in On the Count of Three. But a film with such challenging subject matter needed a more experienced director capable of shading the dark comedy and the heartfelt spirit with an assured visual hand.

By Robert Daniels FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Front Porch Pictures,, BBC Legends, Morningside Entertainment, Valparaiso Pictures, Werner Entertainment

Release Date May 13, 2022

Duration 1 h 26 m

Rating R

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Awards

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

• 3 Nominations

Sundance Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Indiewire Critics' Poll

• 1 Nomination

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