I Melt With You

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I Melt With You

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Released Dec 9, 2011

2h 9m

Mystery & Thriller

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Four college pals reminisce about their glory days during a sex-and-drug-fueled retreat, but events take a dark turn when they are faced with a secret from the past.

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Presenting itself as profound while relying entirely on shock factor, I Melt With You subjects its audience to a misanthropic marathon of bad behavior that's about as fun as a mid-life crisis.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

It really is good, albeit in ways that are different from other movies.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 22, 2011

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Perri Nemiroff

Shockya.com

Picture the anti-drug egg commercial from the 80s. "This is your brain. This is 'I Melt With You.' This is your brain on 'I Melt With You.'" Get it?

Rated: 2/5

Dec 10, 2011

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Jason Bailey

DVDTalk.com

Rated: 2/5

Dec 9, 2011

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Wow!! These guys make Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas look like child's play... But then you look below the surface, you realize that from the opening frame, there is more here than meets the eye.

Nov 26, 2019

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

An emotionally draining yet compellingly vivid drama about the death of dreams.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 28, 2019

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Karen Benardello

We Got This Covered

Director Mark Pellington creates complex characters in his new thriller I Melt With You, but unfortunately fails to deliver a realistic, intriguing story.

Rated: 4/10

Feb 11, 2013

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Lloyd S

Avoid it, it's a waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/25

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Sean M

Just a terrible movie. Nothing good about it. Depressing and the story was just bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/01/23

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KEVIN C

Dark film about four old college friends who get together for their annual reunion to indulge in a drug and alcohol fueled weekend that quickly goes out of control. Interesting film about friendship, promises and pain. Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven and Christian McKay play the friends. Pretty well acted and goes to an uncomfortable place as things deteriorate. Certainly not a fun film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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I Melt With You is a film about 4 pals who middle aged and they all graduated form college together. These men are played by Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Jeremy Piven and Christian Mckay. Pretty stacked cast there so anyways they get together to celebrate a birthday of Timothy played by Christian Mckay. Then an hour in it suddenly becomes a dramatic thriller about a pact these men made and I'm trying really hard not to spoil this film. What I can say is this is one of the worst movies ever made. The acting is pretty good it's the main reason i'm giving it a star. Without these actors this movie would be unwatchable. Even with these actors the movie is practically unwatchable. It's shot like a really terrible music video and this movie is over 2 hours long and at least half of this movie's shots of like an hourglass with the sand draining or waves crashing on a beach or birds sitting on a porch could all be cut for actually plot progression but who needs that when your plot just revolves around four of the worst characters I've ever seen who have the worst written conversations I've seen on film and a twist so unbelievable that it essentially kills this movie. Yeah don't watch this movie. Time is precious and this film will waste two hours of your life if you watch it. So do yourself a favor and skip it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Too slow and dragged out to make sense, though there are shades of a good storyline and concept, though hidden under weaker narration..

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

hard to catch on but omg excellent. everyone watch this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

Four college pals reminisce about their glory days during a sex-and-drug-fueled retreat, but events take a dark turn when they are faced with a secret from the past.

Director: Mark Pellington
Producer: Mark Pellington, Norman Reiss, Rob Cowan
Screenwriter: Glenn Porter
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Media House Capital, The Complex, RAW Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Pervasive Language|Pervasive Drug Use|Some Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 28, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.0K
Runtime: 2h 9m

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