Fresh
It serves up just the right combination of silly and sly, and -- rare and wonderful in a comedy -- it knows when to get off the court.
Alex McCown, AV Club
7 Days in Hell
The epic battle for epicness.
2015 · 43m · TV-MA
Comedy, TV Movie
Directed by
Jake Szymanski
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7 Days in Hell
Overview
A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
Director and cast
- Jake Szymanski Director
- Andy Samberg as Aaron Williams
- Kit Harington as Charles Poole
- Jon Hamm as Narrator
- Michael Sheen as Caspian Wint
- Karen Gillan as Lily Allsworth
- Lena Dunham as Lanny Denver
- Will Forte as Sandy Pickard
- Fred Armisen as Edward Pudding
- Mary Steenburgen as Louisa Poole
- June Squibb as Queen Elizabeth
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
87%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Funny thing is, even with its flaws, the comedy actually did do something remarkable - it made me want to sit down and watch a game of tennis.
Stacey May Fowles, Globe and Mail
Rotten
If it were more straight-faced, "7 Days in Hell" could work better.
Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rotten
It's hard to imagine that the pitch session for the regrettably unfunny 7 Days in Hell... actually produced anything more than a polite "no thanks" from the usually discerning network. The bottled water in that meeting must have been gin.
Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Rotten
Perhaps inevitably for a documentary spoof chronicling an exercise in (albeit fictional) endurance, 7 Days in Hell starts with considerable promise before gradually running out of gas.
Brian Lowry, Variety
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