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  • 2018
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high schoo...

Directed By: Stacy Cochran

Written By: Stacy Cochran

  • 2018
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • Abramorama
  • 1 h 39 m

Write When You Get Work

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant's salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high schoo...

Directed By: Stacy Cochran

Written By: Stacy Cochran

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
30
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
30
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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50% Negative
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63
Nov 22, 2018
Cochran has conjured up a caper that’s just clever enough and characters just winning enough to hold our interest long enough to be surprised at the resolution to the puzzle that she conjures up.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
58
Nov 22, 2018
So we’re left with a problematic façade that can’t avoid tainting the thought-provoking crime mystery unfolding beneath it.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 23, 2018
There are some interesting things going on, and some insight into New York's economic hierarchy, but the film veers off into a hard-to-believe crime heist, and, ultimately, none of it really hangs together.
By Sheila O'Malley FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 5, 2018
Write When You Get Work doesn’t work. Not as a romance, not as a Robin Hood-tinged caper flick, not as a social commentary on racial inequity or classism, and not as a male-buddy picture — all elements director Stacy Cochran attempts to wedge into her often muddled, under-focused script.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 27, 2018
With zero romance and nonsensical thrills, the only legitimate theft here is of the viewer’s time.
By Tricia Olszewski FULL REVIEW
20
Nov 29, 2018
Neither remotely credible nor more than minimally entertaining, Stacy Cochran’s New York City romance, Write When You Get Work, presents rich folk as gullible idiots and blue-collar crooks as heroes.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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Production Company George H. Price Productions
Release Date Nov 23, 2018
Duration 1 h 39 m
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Tagline A Man, A Woman, And Somebody Else's Money
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Awards

British Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
SXSW Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Harlem International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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