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  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Arrow Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Arrow Films
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Matvey has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend's parents' apartment and kill her father Andrey with a hammer to restore her honour. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey's attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don't quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable - not to mention ruthless - opp...

  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Arrow Films
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2020
  • Not Rated
  • Arrow Films
  • 1 h 39 m

Why Don't You Just Die!

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary Matvey has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend's parents' apartment and kill her father Andrey with a hammer to restore her honour. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey's attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don't quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable - not to mention ruthless - opp...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
69
82% Positive
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Apr 24, 2020
A rip-roaring, bloody slice of Russian genre cinema that combines a tightly plotted narrative with a stylish command of craft to hugely entertaining, immersive effect.
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80
Apr 20, 2020
It won’t be for everyone, certainly, but if social distancing has you not just climbing the walls but contemplating punching a hole in them, this might just be the perfect cathartic lockdown movie.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

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75
Apr 21, 2020
At its best when breathlessly racing from one set piece to the next, Sokolov’s comedy really only has a single central joke to its name—gouts of blood firing in high-pressure streams at moments when the audience least expects them—and yet delivers that simple dose of brutal humor with mindful precision.
By William Hughes FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 21, 2020
Sokolov’s debut feature is a clever, bloody as hell, often hilarious virtuoso exercise in excruciating harm-doing among mendacious people.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 9, 2020
These people are so greedily narcissistic that the best fun lies in what they’re willing to do to each other and how they react upon realizing that truth.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
63
Apr 17, 2020
The gory, but weirdly blasé Russian black comedy Why Don’t You Just Die! feels like a gross exercise in style that’s also a passable tribute to Jim Thompson’s bleakly hilarious crime novels, and a brain-dead critique of post-Soviet consumerism.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 20, 2020
Aside from the film’s more immediate pleasures, what is perhaps most intriguing about Why Don’t You Just Die! is Sokolov’s almost visible attempt to find his own voice: among this melange of film-school influences, it’s undoubtedly there, though perhaps it hasn’t quite formed yet.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW
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Production Company White Mirror Film Company
Release Date Apr 20, 2020
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/papasdohni/
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Awards

Riviera International Film Festival
• 4 Nominations
Fantasia Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Grimmfest
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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