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Memorial Day

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An experimental film details a wild party that degenerates into abuse of Iraqi captives.

Critics Reviews

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V.A. Musetto New York Post 02/06/2009
.5/4
Yes, Memorial Day is as dumb and unwatchable as it sounds. Go to Full Review
Andrew Schenker Slant Magazine 02/06/2009
0.5/4
To simply show bad behavior is not to adequately critique it. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray AV Club 02/05/2009
C+
Most of the last hour of Memorial Day feels like a retread at least, and horribly exploitative at worst. Go to Full Review
Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 02/06/2009
5/10
For all its visceral assaults and improv-ish aesthetics, in the end Memorial Day offers a conventional moral assessment. Go to Full Review
Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 02/04/2009
3.25/10
An often bland, repetitive and quite nauseating experience. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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10/14/2013 Disturbing chronicle about the effects of natural gas wells throughout the United States. Josh Fox was one day offered by a natural gas company to purchase his dwelling in the Pennsylvania country so that they could expropriate the land for the resource. He then became fascinated with this subject and began to investigate the effects of building natural gas plants near residential areas. What he found was very alarming. Drinking water and the air quality became inflammable and toxic, creating health hazards for not only those in his area, but to where he travelled including Wyoming, Colorado, and Arkansas. I had absolutely no idea how potentially damaging this was to human environment and hopefully this film will make an impact on the U.S. government to revaluate their strategies on expropriating natural gas. I am not against natural gas exploration because I am very supportive of mining for commodities, but I prefer it done with extreme and extensive caution before foregoing with a project. I just hope Canada does the same since Malaysia recently announced they were investing in our natural gas industry. Surprisingly effective documentary done by an extreme amateur. See more 03/22/2009 Generally, the story is interesting, but there are too many slow patches. Val Kilmer does a good job. The writing is decent but lacks punch, there should be more excitement in the film. See more 02/06/2009 spring break and abuse of iraqi prisoners by bunch of moron american soldiers See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An experimental film details a wild party that degenerates into abuse of Iraqi captives.
Director
Josh Fox
Screenwriter
Josh Fox
Distributor
IFC Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 4, 2009, Limited
Runtime
1h 34m