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      Survival Skills

      Released Nov 13, 2020 1h 24m Comedy List
      88% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 56% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score A seemingly perfect policeman lands in over his head when he tries to resolve a case of domestic violence. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 05 Buy Now

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      Led by a strong starring performance from Vayu O'Donnell, Survival Skills takes a singularly strange -- but mostly satisfying -- look at law enforcement.

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      dave d 'Survival Skills' is one of the most self-aware films I've ever seen, but it was the lack of comedic heft and tonal changes that make this sloppy and forgettable. For a film that is trying so hard to be unique, you'd think writer and director Quinn Armstrong would have stayed in the mockumentary lane as opposed to the family drama one. Fantastic to see Stacy Keach as the Narrator who is voicing an 80s cop training film. The movie is supposed to feel and look like it's fresh out of the late 80s and it succeeds with that, but the novel concept becomes annoying as the film meanders. The style is original, but gets old fast and drags on. When actors are talking about what role they are playing it becomes nails on a chalkboard. Final Score: 3.8/10 Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A lot more style over substance in this movie 3.3 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/11/20 Full Review will u A fantastic film that I cannot think of any comparisons for. So unique! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Truly absurd but tragic in its own way, telling a story that doesn´t go the direction of silly jokes, but a rather confronting story about abuse, regret and dealing with the issues of the job. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News A head trip that shoots off into unexpected and topical directions. Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 4, 2020 Full Review Mark Hanson Slant Magazine Survival Skills feels like something you'd stumble upon on Adult Swim circa 2014, sandwiched between Too Many Cooks and reruns of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 29, 2020 Full Review Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle None of this would work without a stunning and nuanced performance by O'Donnell. Rated: 3/5 Nov 10, 2020 Full Review C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore Survival Skills is a story about how even a so-called ‘good cop’ can’t do the right thing when they want to because the system was never designed to work for the most vulnerable in the first place. Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 22, 2022 Full Review Steven Warner In Review Online Armstrong has an ace up his sleeve in the film's final ten minutes, removing a lot of the inherent, palate-deadening bitterness in the process. Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Jonathan DeHaan Nightmare on Film Street Quinn Armstrong perfectly recreates the feeling of an over-produced (half-baked) instructional video that thinks the world's complicated problems are as simple as programming a Toshiba VCR Rated: 9/10 Mar 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A seemingly perfect policeman lands in over his head when he tries to resolve a case of domestic violence.
      Director
      Quinn Armstrong
      Screenwriter
      Quinn Armstrong
      Distributor
      Cranked Up Films
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 13, 2020, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Dec 4, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 24m
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