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  • 2019
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 40 m

Summary Holy Crap. Dick is dead. Died last night after band practice, and his bandmates, Zeke & Earl (Michael Abbott, Jr. & Andre Hyland), don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, ‘cause news travels fast in small town Alabama, and these guys suck at covering their tracks. The authorities haven’t ID’d the body just yet, but Zek...

Directed By: Daniel Scheinert

Written By: Billy Chew

  • 2019
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 40 m
  • 2019
  • R
  • A24
  • 1 h 40 m

The Death of Dick Long

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings
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Summary Holy Crap. Dick is dead. Died last night after band practice, and his bandmates, Zeke & Earl (Michael Abbott, Jr. & Andre Hyland), don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, ‘cause news travels fast in small town Alabama, and these guys suck at covering their tracks. The authorities haven’t ID’d the body just yet, but Zek...

Directed By: Daniel Scheinert

Written By: Billy Chew

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
69
76% Positive
16 Reviews
14% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
16 Reviews
14% Mixed
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10% Negative
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100
Sep 26, 2019
The Death Of Dick Long is a fantastic movie but also a wonderful lesson in storytelling. Every person believes deep down that they’re the hero of their own story. Treating them that way, as people and not punchlines, paradoxically makes for much better punchlines.
By Vince Mancini FULL REVIEW
82
Oct 8, 2019
The Death of Dick Long’s central miracle is that, disgusting as its big reveal is, Scheinert’s direction is fundamentally compassionate.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW

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47% Mixed
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13% Negative
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80
Feb 1, 2019
Scheinert adroitly conveys both the pathos and the humor of the situation. As dumb as the main characters are, the film itself is very clever.
By Bradley Gibson FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 26, 2019
The Death of Dick Long may be a made-up story, but inside this crisis management suspense-comedy is a weirdly down-to-earth humanity about the ripple effects of out-of-nowhere recklessness.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 25, 2019
Billy Chew’s screenplay takes at least one important lesson from the best of both crime movies and small-town portraits: The characters, however minor or ridiculous, seem to lead lives that started well before the movie and will continue long after. Well, except for Dick himself. He’s gone.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 26, 2019
The Death of Dick Long, until it meanders into a semisincere dramatic dimension, manages to pack in a good number of laughs for a significant amount of time.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 25, 2019
To be sure, The Death of Dick Long is a weird one, in that it starts out intense and gradually loses steam, until nothing really matters and the audience might as well leave. This movie could be used in film schools to teach how not to structure a story.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
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Production Company A24
Release Date Sep 27, 2019
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
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Tagline The night things went very south.
Website http://a24films.com/
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Awards

Film Club's The Lost Weekend
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sidewalk Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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