Kill the Poor
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- Synopsis
- The down-and-dirty side of building management in pre-gentrification Manhattan sets the stage for this dark comedy. It's 1981, and Joe Peltz (David Krumholtz) runs a newsstand in New York City, where he has recently married Annabelle (Clara Bellar), ......
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- Starring
- David Krumholtz, Clara Bellar, Paul Calderon, Jon Budinoff, Cliff Gorman
- Director(s)
- Alan Taylor
- Distributor(s)
- IFC
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 78 min.
Critic Reviews
Result hovers a little uncertainly between dark comedy and urban drama, but remains compelling thanks to its gritty narrative texture, nervous energy and loose, jumpy structure, which fit well with the DV-shot production's no-frills approach.Read the full review
Taylor makes the most of his tiny budget with creative editing and shooting, though his New York City is anemic, narrow, and underpopulated, and his constant repetition of the same damn 60 seconds of music becomes excruciating.Read the full review
There's potential here for an incendiary riff on gentrification and its discontents, but the result is only lukewarm. While the ensemble is as pungent as its assorted clichés will permit, the cruddy video photography and haphazard organization of plot blunt the wry thrust of the material.Read the full review
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