Jamie Marks Is Dead
How far would you go to be remembered?
How far would you go to be remembered?
Drama, Thriller
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2014
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No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
28 Jul 2014
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$2,200,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
"Jamie Marks Is Dead" admirably refuses to hew to conventional horror tropes and is acted with integrity by its young performers, but the film nonetheless has a nagging pulse problem.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Aug 2014
fresh:
Temperate in tone but screaming with subtext, "Jamie Marks Is Dead" climbs above the current glut of supernaturally inclined entertainment by dint of a hushed unease that permeates almost every frame.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
28 Aug 2014
fresh:
The film uses its phantasmagoric conceit, a sickly-hued poetry, and eerie sound design to build metaphors for closeted homoeroticism and melancholic unfulfillment.
– Aaron Hillis,
Village Voice,
27 Aug 2014
rotten:
Writer-director Carter Smith got his start as a successful fashion photographer. But you wouldn't know it from the murky look of this generic thriller.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
27 Aug 2014
fresh:
The potentially ludicrous story is handled artfully enough here to cast an eerie but not off-putting spell throughout, though the ultimate point is more than a tad murky, and the desired poignancy doesn't fully come across.
– Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
21 Jan 2014