Ned Rifle
Drama
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2015
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Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Grim family.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
85 min
Release date:
1 Apr 2015
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$395,292
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 win total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
At its worst, "Ned Rifle" is a self-involved movie about self-involved people. When it clicks, though, we're in a pared-down moral universe that carries unsettling echoes of our own.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
9 Apr 2015
rotten:
The movie doesn't exactly go anywhere. Or rather, it dithers around, and then, just as things start to get interesting, it ends.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
5 Apr 2015
fresh:
[It] might not sound entertaining, yet when the writer-director is on his game, as he is in "Ned Rifle," the effect is bizarre black comedy that is designed to set you thinking about what his satire is really saying.
– Betsy Sharkey,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr 2015
fresh:
Like the best of Hartley's work ("Fool," "Trust," "Simple Men"), "Ned" leaves behind little bits of wisdom.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr 2015
fresh:
For all the evident despair, Hartley can't repress his love of cinema; the comic dialogue sings and many of the images have a fragile beauty.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
2 Apr 2015