Reverse the Curse

Released Jun 14

1h 45m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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36 Reviews

95%

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Reverse the Curse follows Ted (Logan Marshall-Green), a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut slinger who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty (David Duchovny). While Marty strives to make amends for his past, his health drops abruptly whenever his beloved Sox lose a game. To keep his dad's spirits up, Ted takes matters into his own hands and manufactures a winning streak with the help of a crew of dad's neighborhood pals. In the process, Ted strikes up a bond with Marty's charming "Death Specialist," Marianna (Stephanie Beatriz), and the prospect of a new love reignites his ambitions. An ode to the bond between father and son, this warm and witty film demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the longshots are the ones worth betting on.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Duchovny the director never bothers to ground his melodrama in something that feels real, missing the target on the period in which it’s set and an honest understanding of the people who live and die on the success and failure of their favorite teams.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jun 14, 2024

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Glenn Kenny

New York Times

Duchovny’s smarts are commendable, theoretically, but the movie falls short of compelling. And for all the novelistic details that he packs in, “Reverse the Curse” moves at the pace of a self-defeating snail.

Jun 14, 2024

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Even though that ending includes an epilogue we could see coming like a hanging change-up right down the middle, you can’t help but choke up...

Rated: 3/4

Jun 13, 2024

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Reverse the Curse awkwardly fumbles its attempts to balance sarcasm and sappiness. This comedy/drama has too much phony-sounding and lackluster dialogue in portraying a volatile father-son relationship affected by the 1978 World Series.

Jul 11, 2024

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Dana Barbuto

Boston Movie News

Duchovny plays a cantankerous cancer patient, giving new meaning to the term diehard Red Sox fan.

Rated: B+

Jul 3, 2024

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

A passion project by Duchovny, this father-son dramedy resorts to some hokey moments to keep its "lie" plot afloat, but its emotions and love of baseball are genuine.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 3, 2024

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William W

Waste of time and money, the son looks as old as the Dad, would’ve been more interesting if they were lovers but I doubt the actors in those roles could pull it off. The accent and the wig on the son were ridiculous and I say this as someone who wants more baseball films. Thumbs down.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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neide a

Wonderful, sensitive, exciting. Everything a film should be.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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julie w

This is a beautiful film. My Dad wasn’t anything like Marty, but I could relate to Ted’s desire to do something completely ridiculous to keep his Dad alive. The theme of baseball being the key to life resonated strongly with me-even though I’m a lifelong Yankees fan. (As is Duchovny, so he gets props from me just for convincingly portraying a Red Sox fan) Our parents are mostly a mystery to us for most of our lives, we don’t see them as people with lives of their own-they’re just Mom and Dad. When you see your parent as someone who had the same kind of loves and fears and disappointments that you’ve had in your life, that’s when you can really love them as whole people. Duchovny has given us a sweet story with just enough humor to be real. Don’t listen to the critics, watch it for yourself.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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Aimee G

I truly wish we had more films like this. Speaking to the human condition of love, loss, forgiveness, and redemption. Each character was well rounded. This is a strong book to screen adaptation for the first time in a long time. The film kept the original tone of the book and I believe that David Duchovny hit all the high points of his original novel in this film. With the film going for a triple play of Drama, comedy, and romance, the pacing was as I expected and not a moment was wasted. All in all it was good classic cinema and art. Hollywood, take notes! Well done cast a crew!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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Charmion S

Duchovny really hits a home run with Reverse the Curse! He really did a great job of translating his book to film and has some cool shots and cut aways that added really cool elements to the story! I laughed, I cried and I laughed some more! Duchovny and Logan really have great chemistry together and Stephanie nails this dramatic role! The 3 characters really balanced each other out and were enjoyable to watch! David’s best movie and performance!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/14/24

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Synopsis

Reverse the Curse follows Ted (Logan Marshall-Green), a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut slinger who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty (David Duchovny). While Marty strives to make amends for his past, his health drops abruptly whenever his beloved Sox lose a game. To keep his dad's spirits up, Ted takes matters into his own hands and manufactures a winning streak with the help of a crew of dad's neighborhood pals. In the process, Ted strikes up a bond with Marty's charming "Death Specialist," Marianna (Stephanie Beatriz), and the prospect of a new love reignites his ambitions. An ode to the bond between father and son, this warm and witty film demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the longshots are the ones worth betting on.

Director: David Duchovny
Producer: Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, Tiffany Kuzon, David Duchovny
Screenwriter: David Duchovny
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Yale Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 14, 2024
Runtime: 1h 45m

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