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  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 16 m

Summary When a young white couple’s car breaks down after a weekend getaway, they’re helped by an older black man who inspires them with his creative wisdom. When they discover six months later that the words he spoke might not be his own, they’re horrified, fixating on his “crime” while forced to confront the originality of their own lives.

Directed By: Peter Parlow

  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2019
  • Not Rated
  • Kimstim Films
  • 1 h 16 m

The Plagiarists

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary When a young white couple’s car breaks down after a weekend getaway, they’re helped by an older black man who inspires them with his creative wisdom. When they discover six months later that the words he spoke might not be his own, they’re horrified, fixating on his “crime” while forced to confront the originality of their own lives.

Directed By: Peter Parlow

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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8% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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90
Jul 1, 2019
A reminder of the importance and intimacy of literature, a meta-study of art vs. fabrication, an indictment of cultural appropriation/racial stereotypes, our increasingly digitized world and entitled generation, The Plagiarists is also an ode to how much can be done with very little. Parlow and his crew knock it out of the park.
By Alex Saveliev FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 15, 2019
Wilfully student-video amateurish in form, but impishly sophisticated in content, a gleeful cultural curiosity fairly crackles off The Plagiarists, and it is highly contagious.
By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW
83
Feb 15, 2019
Were The Plagiarists merely this observation of liberal minds in duress it would have made for a more than enjoyable watch but with credit to Kienitz and Wilkins’ terrific script, it becomes more nuanced and haunting only after that first act.
By Rory O'Connor FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 15, 2019
The film improves upon reflection, raising, as it does, some knotty questions about originality in art and in life, as well as provocatively positing that even a copy of a copy of a copy has the potential to move hearts and minds.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 15, 2019
The topic of who can participate in the arts often ignores society’s racial prejudices and class assumptions, thankfully The Plagiarists’ perfectly judged mimicry of independent cinema illustrates the profound effect a lack of diversity has on the type of art that gets made.
By Patrick Gamble FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 29, 2019
The satire’s so meta that its whiny protagonists threaten to eclipse the joke.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW
33
Feb 15, 2019
The Plagiarists is a fantastic idea that is irredeemably marred by poor execution. There is a genuine sensation of effort on screen and a select few of the ideas the film touches upon are outright brilliant, but the product still falls remarkably flat.
By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Automatic Moving Co.
Release Date Jun 28, 2019
Duration 1 h 16 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Tacoma Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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