Ashby

R

Released Sep 25, 2015

1 hr. 42 min.

Comedy

Drama

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After moving to a new town with his single mother (Sarah Silverman), a teen (Nat Wolff) befriends a retired CIA assassin (Mickey Rourke) who teaches him valuable life lessons.

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This is a quirky, fairly amusing watch. The characters are good and it has a bit of a comic book type feel - its somewhat imaginative I suppose. I'm not much keen on Sarah Silverman but that can't be helped. While the plot is unlikely, its a fairly easy and entertaining watch, so I suppsoe I'd give it a 7 out of 10 rating for the pure entertainment value. Its worth a watch if your wanting a an amusing watch, even though there are some cheesy and cliche aspects but then that kind of accounts for some of its humour - I wouldn't say its the sort of film that takes itself too seriously, to put it that way.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Ashby tries to juggle a lot of things, even though it is successful in some of them, at the end it just feels like any other generic feel good film but with some bad editing and camera work.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Just not worth the time

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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I am not usually a "dark comedy" person but I thought this movie was terrific...on the surface the plot is a bit silly but the actors were so great they made me believe all of it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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corkball

I guess Rourke's hitman is there to provide the father figure the boy doesn't have... or something... and the boy provides the hitman with a conscience? I THINK that is the point. Anyway to get there, you have to plow through all the Hollywood tropes - absent father, quirky girlfriend, brain tumor for tears, hitman for color (and boy, for SURE this movie would be unwatchable without Mickey Rourke). Having said all that, 'Ashby' comes off as a bit of a quiet character study which is actually quite enjoyable if you give it a chance. A bit like Harold and Maude.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Enjoyed. Acting and dialogue top notch. Loved Mickey Roarke, always have ;-)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Tony McNamara

Director

Mickey Rourke

Ashby Holt

Nat Wolff

Ed Wallis

Emma Roberts

Eloise

Sarah Silverman

June Wallis

Kevin Dunn

Coach Bruton

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Mickey Rourke is a grizzled ex-CIA assassin improbably mentoring Nat Wolff's misfit teen in this lukewarm genre jumble.

Sep 27, 2015

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

Folks buying a ticket to Ashby hoping to see a film about the late-great director of Being There and Harold and Maude are about to be sorely disappointed. So is everyone else.

Rated: C-

Sep 25, 2015

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

It's a quirky life-lessons setup that, while occasionally earning deadpan laughs, tries for but never achieves Wes Anderson's patented mixture of the archly witty and the sneakily emotional.

Sep 25, 2015

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Mae Abdulbaki

Movies with Mae

Ashby has occasional heartwarming moments but isn't well-rounded enough to understand its own journey.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 10, 2019

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Morgan Rojas

Cinemacy

While a pleasing attempt at a feature debut, it's hard to imagine Ashby will have too much staying power past its theatrical release.

Nov 9, 2018

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Dawn Day

Bust Magazine

Despite the many winding roads it goes down, Ashby is funny throughout and easy to watch.

Mar 10, 2017

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Synopsis

After moving to a new town with his single mother (Sarah Silverman), a teen (Nat Wolff) befriends a retired CIA assassin (Mickey Rourke) who teaches him valuable life lessons.

Director: Tony McNamara
Executive Producer: Kevin McCormick, Hilary Davis, Stephen Kelliher, Elliot Ross, Fenella Ross
Screenwriter: Tony McNamara
Distributor: The Film Arcade
Production Co: Head Gear Films
Rating: R (Some Sexual Material|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2017
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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