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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Rid of Me, a black comedy that follows Meris, an awkward young woman trying too hard to perfect her marriage, amongst a new group of friends. Rid of Me follows Meris’ rejection from the cool crowd down a path towards truth and salvation which includes a job at a local candy shop, a group of punk friends, community gardening and a new-fou...

Directed By: James Westby

Written By: James Westby

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 30 m

Rid of Me

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Mixed or Average
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Summary Rid of Me, a black comedy that follows Meris, an awkward young woman trying too hard to perfect her marriage, amongst a new group of friends. Rid of Me follows Meris’ rejection from the cool crowd down a path towards truth and salvation which includes a job at a local candy shop, a group of punk friends, community gardening and a new-fou...

Directed By: James Westby

Written By: James Westby

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
3 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
53
33% Positive
3 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews

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90
Nov 17, 2011
An ingenious black comedy written and directed by James Westby, comes at you like a horror movie before settling down into something quieter but equally skin crawling.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
90
Nov 1, 2011
Bracingly original, alarming and droll, the righteously ribald Rid of Me should prove a breakthrough for helmer James Westby and his producer and leading lady, Katie O'Grady.
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60
Nov 15, 2011
O'Grady, at least, gives a nuanced performance, even if she appears to be doing an uncannily accurate impression of Kristen Wiig.
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50
Nov 18, 2011
O'Grady is very good, but she can't make the hard-to-watch Rid of Me dramatically credible.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 18, 2011
Neither its depiction of the world of squares nor its embrace of rule-flouting self-affirmation rings true, so the inevitable happy ending offers little joy.
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30
Nov 15, 2011
Rid of Me is a bad movie, but at least it's a flailing, innocent badness.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
12
Nov 13, 2011
At once hopelessly amateurish and given to desperate assertions of auterist "virtuosity."
By Andrew Schenker FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Alcove Productions/Parkwood East Film Co.
Release Date Nov 18, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Kids can be mean...adults can be meaner.
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Awards

Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 2 Nominations

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