Shithouse

Name: Shithouse
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: October 16, 2020
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Abby Quinn, Alina Patra, Amy Landecker, Ashley Padilla, Cooper Raiff

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IFC Films | Release Date: October 16, 2020 | NR

Starring: Abby Quinn, Alina Patra, Amy Landecker, Ashley Padilla, Cooper Raiff, Dylan Gelula, Joy Sunday, Logan Miller, Olivia Welch, Tre Hall

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 nextLonely 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 next day, she ignores him completely and seems to have forgotten about their amazing night. Desperately clinging to his social breakthrough, Alex pulls out all the stops with one more night at Shithouse, hoping to rekindle that moment of connection. … Expand

Director: Cooper Raiff

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: NR

Runtime: 102 min

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John DeFore

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. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

The whole movie is suspended in a pleasant and intimate space between order and chaos, love and abandonment, leaving the nest and building a new one. Every time Shithouse borrows from something else, it only seems to become more itself. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Oct 15, 2020

Shithouse is not some universal exploration of America’s youth, to be sure. But in its own narrow scale, it’s pretty effective. This is a discursive movie keenly sourced from individual experience. Read full review

The Film Stage Dan Mecca

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

Ty Burr

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. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Oct 16, 2020

This is a modest film, well-acted but rather clumsily assembled, that almost certainly would have benefited from an in-person SXSW, where it’s possible to bask in the shared laughter of an enthusiastic first screening. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

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. Read full review

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Oct 20, 2020

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JLuis_001

Jan 30, 2021

I'm actually very surprised by the incredibly amount of good reviews this little film has received, because I didn't see anything worth mentioning in it. Some things were funny, but I had a hard time understanding the reviews that said it was relatable. Because if you feel kinda relatableI'm actually very surprised by the incredibly amount of good reviews this little film has received, because I didn't see anything worth mentioning in it. Some things were funny, but I had a hard time understanding the reviews that said it was relatable. Because if you feel kinda relatable with a dude who shows certain signs of being an incel, then we're in trouble.

It may have a lot to do with the fact that my days at that age are already too far behind me, but **** has struck me as a mediocre show, poorly written and with an annoying and boring lead character.

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