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2020
R
IFC Films
1 h 40 m

2020
R
IFC Films
1 h 40 m

Summary Lonely college freshman Alex (Cooper Raiff) has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole “college thing” figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse – a legendary party fraternity – where he forges a strong connection with Maggie (Dylan Gelula). The nex...

Directed By: Cooper Raiff

Written By: Cooper Raiff

2020
R
IFC Films
1 h 40 m

2020
R
IFC Films
1 h 40 m

Shithouse

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

72

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

7.6

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Summary Lonely college freshman Alex (Cooper Raiff) has closed himself off from his peers, who all appear to have this whole “college thing” figured out. But everything changes one night when Alex takes a leap and attends a party at Shithouse – a legendary party fraternity – where he forges a strong connection with Maggie (Dylan Gelula). The nex...

Directed By: Cooper Raiff

Written By: Cooper Raiff

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
16 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
16 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter

Raiff is so credible in the part one can't help but suspect there's a lot of him in Alex; the film's willingness to look so frankly at his vulnerability, in an unmanipulative way, feels especially refreshing now.

By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

Sep 30, 2021

As a sensitive portrait of what college is like for the awkward lonely types — and an ode to just staying up late and shooting the sh*t — Freshman Year is a funny, tender treat.

By John Nugent FULL REVIEW

The Associated Press

Oct 19, 2020

It’s one of the freshest college movies in years, a nano-budget breakthrough of rare sensitivity that announces more than one new talent.

By Jake Coyle FULL REVIEW

Oct 14, 2020

The movie won the grand prize at this year’s Slamdance, an even more indie Sundance-adjacent festival, and it marks the arrival of an earnest talent in writer-director-star Cooper Raiff. It’s also the rare youth movie to dispense with cynicism and wear its heart on its sleeve.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

Shithouse, written and directed by the 22-year-old Cooper Raiff, tells a familiar story with a specificity that cannot be ignored.

By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW

This story of a homesick college freshman, played affectingly by Raiff himself, doesn’t break any new ground - it doesn’t even try - but his film is still an appealing charmer.

By Fionnuala Halligan FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 15, 2020

Raiff deserves credit for an unexpectedly elliptical coda, but much of the chatter between the leads has the emo-tedium of dorm room blather.

By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

88% Positive
14 Ratings

13% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings

88% Positive
14 Ratings

13% Mixed
2 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company CMR Productions

Release Date Oct 16, 2020

Duration 1 h 40 m

Rating R

Genres

Tagline College stinks

Website http://www.shithousemovie.com/

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Awards

SXSW Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Florida Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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