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To Dust

R Released Feb 8, 2019 1h 32m Comedy Drama TRAILER for List
89% Tomatometer 47 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A Hasidic cantor in upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, befriends a local community college biology professor and the two embark on an increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.
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Thematically ambitious and tonally audacious, To Dust tackles universally relatable topics in a bracingly original way.

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Brad Wheeler Globe and Mail To Dust's humour is of the one-trick kind - an odd couple on an odd mission - but there is soul and small pleasures to its fly-by 92 minutes. Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 14, 2019 Full Review Mark Feeney Boston Globe "To Dust" has several things to recommend it. It's decidedly different, and that is no small accomplishment in this day and age. Rated: 2/4 Mar 7, 2019 Full Review Steve Davis Austin Chronicle Broderick's spot-on performance replete with familiar mannerisms and line deliveries in To Dust is a bittersweet thing, reminding you how much you've missed seeing him on the big screen. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 28, 2019 Full Review M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut To Dust is a darkly comic film with a wonderfully complex performance of deadpan delivery and deep sadness from Son of Saul star Geza Rohrig. Rated: 4/5 Aug 17, 2022 Full Review Josh Parham Next Best Picture The central performance is particularly strong and conveys much of the silent power that is placed within the story. Rated: 7/10 Jun 4, 2022 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse A one-joke movie but it is a good joke brought to life by two actors who make their extreme characters relatable and recognizable. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 4, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gnr E Rohrig delivers a deeply moving performance, while Broderick adds dry humor as a hapless biology professor. These two makes it really enjoyable Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review isla s This seems to me like an indie, somewhat niche film but its one I definitely enjoyed. It features very quirky characters (Shmuel and Albert) who are unlikely 'buddies', to put it one way! the unlikely situations they find themselves in, relating to Shmuel's late wife, are quite amusing. I liked the young jewish children too - how they investigate things they find out. Its very quirky, amusing and even somehow thought provoking, borderline poignant, as far as discussions about death is concerned. I thought Matthew Broderick did pretty well as a somewhat socially awkward college lecturer, trying to justify what he's doing. I suppose its a little like a contemporary Burke & Hare, to a small extent. Very strange, very quirky, yet certainly amusing, in a darkly comic way. Yes I'd recommend this film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A dour dark comedy about Hasidism, death, burial rituals, decomposition, and pigs with an act that wears thin about halfway through despite its originality. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Sweet movie. I am not Jewish and do not know a lot about the laws. I enjoyed the bound that was created in this movie. I think these are genuine concerns for others. Oh there are some disgusting decaying body scenes but they are short and can be missed by closing the eyes when you first seeing one. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Weird. Wonderful. Heartbreaking. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review brent m When an orthodox Jewish cantor loses his wife at a young age, he has difficulty adjusting to his new circumstances, especially when he has troubling dreams about whether her corpse's deterioration is proceeding in a manner that properly allows her soul to return to source. It concerns him so much that he consults a biology professor for guidance and expertise on the subject, an unlikely relationship that leads to a dark comedy of errors, one that grows increasingly hilarious with each passing episode. Geza Rohrig and Matthew Broderick serve up big, unexpected laughs that often prove deceptively profound and sweetly sublime. This delicious little gem delivers more than what it superficially seems to offer, leaving viewers with good feelings, a warm glow and a tickled spirit. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A Hasidic cantor in upstate New York, distraught by the untimely death of his wife, befriends a local community college biology professor and the two embark on an increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.
Director
Shawn Snyder
Producer
Josh Crook, Scott Floyd Lochmus, Emily Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola, Ron Perlman
Screenwriter
Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder
Distributor
Good Deed Entertainment
Production Co
Wing and a Prayer Pictures, Salem Street Entertainment, BRON Studios, UnLTD Productions
Rating
R (Some Disturbing Images|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 8, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$179.6K
Runtime
1h 32m
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