The Living

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Stephen C Success in 1.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated R for Language and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $5,100.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/25 Full Review Shannon F Typical couple in that kind of horrible relationship. A bunch of empty promises. I could figure out where the whole movie was going in the first few minutes. Joelle Carter's acting, if you call it that was horrible. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/14/25 Full Review ronald h "The Living" can't be considered a great major work, but writer/director Jack Bryan has a pretty good handle on the elements of film noir—suspense, probable murder, and most importantly, a really nasty bad guy, played with gusto by Chris Mulkey. The story is simple. Teddy (Fran Kranz) has physically abused his wife Molly (Jocelin Donahue) one too many times, and she orders him to move out of their house and into a cheap motel. Molly's brother Gordon (Kenny Wormald), who lives with their mother (Joelle Carter) is angry and wants to protect his sister. A friend recommends an ex con who will do away with Teddy for the impressive sum of $2,000. Teddy drives from Pennsylvania to Mississippi to pick up Howard the hitman (Mulkey), who, to put it mildly, turns out to be full of surprises. Meanwhile, Teddy and Molly gradually start to make up. Teddy is not played as an angry, abusive jerk, but a rather unassuming fellow who has blackouts when he drinks. He claims to not even remember hitting Molly. He apologizes profusely and begs her forgiveness. The acting and direction are straightforward and unembellished: no over-emoting or scenery chewing, no flashy camera work. Mulkey is impressive. He has a respectable resume to begin with, and here, he just totally inhabits his despicable character. You'll hate him, but you'll find yourself laughing uncomfortably at him. Of course, things go badly wrong. Don't expect any insightful character development here. Everything is in service to the plot, which is presented in such a literal, straight ahead fashion that it's disarming. This is a good indie effort that's worth a watch, as long as you remember that film noir often requires the bar to be lowered a bit. It ain't MacBeth. It is what it is. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Awakening from an alcohol induced black out, Teddy discovers he has severely beaten his wife, Molly. As he seeks her forgiveness, she struggles with a possible future together. Absent a father's protection, her brother's humiliation over not being able to defend his sister quickly turns to hate. In desperation, Gordon seeks out and hires an ex-con to kill Teddy setting forth an unstoppable sequence of shocking events. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Low life people have honour too. Englishes having rebelled against the church, invade america in particular, have a tendancy to be psychopathic. Here is another example, very realistic, and probably based on a true story (unknown but surely true). The story is fairly simple. Wife get punched in the face and body, gains lots of karma. Enough to put hubby in the dog house for a week or so. Hubby makes amends, so our psychopathic couple get back together. However, her psychopathic mother and psychopathic brother have some family honour and make hubby pay as much as they can. A psychopathic killer get hired and brings us to the hilarious (and predictable) ending. The dead don't suffer. The living do. And the englishes are the best sufferers ever. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member this one is too held up by forced casting and awkward line delivery. its almost like you are seeing the rehershals Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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