Good Grief

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Good Grief

R

Released Dec 29, 2023

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

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Marc (Daniel Levy) was content living in the shadow of his larger-than-life husband, Oliver (Luke Evans). But when Oliver unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends, Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some hard truths they each needed to face.

Critics Consensus

A solid first feature for writer-director Dan Levy, Good Grief offers a generally affecting look at love after death whose refreshing sincerity only occasionally veers into sentimentality.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

Levy the actor does not give Levy the director/screenwriter what he needed.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 31, 2024

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

This might have been a sterner film if another actor played Marc and Levy applied more scrutiny to the character, but he’s done enough here to establish himself as a filmmaker.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 18, 2024

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Dwight Brown

DwightBrownInk.com

There are chuckles, whimsy, flirtations and tragic twists. But in the end, though entertaining and breezy, nothing cuts as deep as it should.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 11, 2024

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Archi Sengupta

LeisureByte.com

There’s something warm and hopeful about Good Grief that wraps around your heart in an odd, comforting way.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 4, 2024

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Nelson Acosta

Koimoi

Dan Levy delivers a film filled with genuine feelings, even when the situations and the dialogue feel too staged at times, and they might take you out of the film.

Rated: 3/5

Jul 3, 2024

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

It might not roll out the belly laughs, but it will certainly make you chuckle even while you’re emoting deeply.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 7, 2024

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Audience Member

Beautifully written, characters you feel for and become invested in. Truly moving.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Bruce P

A well written, well acted , well directed, well cinematographied film that is sort of boring. Nothing bad to be said, but nothing good either. It uses the beauty of London and Paris to create an "exotic" locale for a North American audience in what is ultimately just a very predictable story. I've wasted my time on worse, and invested my time on better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Daniel B

The problem with this movie is that there's no context, he needed to start the story of this movie earlier so that there was more to the relationship with his husband and friends, otherwise you have nothing to base his feelings on. It would have been much better if there had been some context for everything.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/08/24

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Anne S

I really enjoyed the movie, a well done drama genre feature. That is my only criticism - I was in a frame of mind for comedy, and looking forward to comedy. The advertising for this movie is comedy and not drama. This is not a comedy by any means. If your looking for heart felt drama, this is a good movie and I would recommend it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/12/24

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Jen C

How did this get such high reviews? Can't trust this site at all. I loved schitts creek and loved David but this movie was so boring. His silly facial expressions are hard to take seriously and the story was so long and boring. I hope he does another movie but sticks to comedy.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/24

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Meghan B

I think this film did not get enough credit. Did it fall a little short of what it had the potential to be? Maybe. But it has heart and soul and it was a treat to watch. I think Dan Levy is just getting warmed up.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/13/24

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Synopsis

Marc (Daniel Levy) was content living in the shadow of his larger-than-life husband, Oliver (Luke Evans). But when Oliver unexpectedly dies, Marc's world shatters, sending him and his two best friends, Sophie (Ruth Negga) and Thomas (Himesh Patel), on a soul-searching trip to Paris that reveals some hard truths they each needed to face.

Director: Dan Levy
Producer: Kate Fenske, Debra Hayward, Dan Levy, Megan Zehmer
Screenwriter: Dan Levy
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Not A Real Production Company, SISTER
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 29, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2024
Runtime: 1h 40m

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