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Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he could use some help. As luck would have it, Val’s best friend, Kevin, is recovering from a failed suicide attempt, so he seems like the perfect partner for executing this double suicide plan. But before they go, they have some unfinished business to attend to.
“it’s like your sad lookin eyes got purpose all of a sudden.”
just very slick. balances tone so well, and i kept trying to jot down and catch little bits of dialogue but there was just so much that i couldn’t keep up. jerrod & christopher perfectly captured the desperation of trying to save someone you love from their pain when you can’t save yourself. yeah. i loved.
“When you’re a kid they tell you the worst thing in life is to be a quitter. Why? Quitting’s amazing. It just means you get to stop doing something you hate.” Jerrod Carmichael’s “On the Count of Three” isn’t super heavy on the kind of koan-like quips that have always lent his confrontational standup comedy its velvet punch, but this one — delivered in the opening minutes of his suicide-dark but violently sweet directorial debut — resonates loud enough to echo throughout the rest of the film.
Lifelong best friends Val (Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott) are both ready to give up. The first time we see them they’re standing in the parking lot outside an upstate New York strip…
i’m giving out a lotta 4 star ratings recently but in my defense i’m just following my heart. honestly this was an impressive directorial debut: it’s sharp and to the point, tackles a lot of difficult subjects that are usually hard to translate on screen and the humor still almost always lands (at least for me). that being said, it sometimes stalls out and even veers off course, but for a film that’s under 90 minutes i don’t mind an occasional hiccup or two. (and! christopher abbott is still on a roll, we love to see it)
suicide tw (note: this film has a lot to do with suicide so please be wary and skip it if that’s a triggering subject for you in the slightest)
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