The Living

2014

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 43% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 35% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 2230 2.2K

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Plot summary

After beating his wife in an alcohol-fueled rage, a man (Fran Kranz) tries to redeem himself, while his brother-in-law (Kenny Wormald) hires a hit man to kill him.

Director

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Jack Bryan

Top cast

Joelle Carter Photo
Joelle Carter as Angela
Erin Cummings Photo
Erin Cummings as Doris
Chris Mulkey Photo
Chris Mulkey as Howard
NiCole Robinson Photo
NiCole Robinson as Waitress
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840.72 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

flawed humanity

In rural Pennsylvania, Teddy (Fran Kranz) is beating up on his wife Molly (Jocelin Donahue) again. Her weak-kneed brother Gordon (Kenny Wormald) won't do much of anything. Gordon is browbeaten by their mother Angela (Joelle Carter) for his weakness. His work friend suggests hiring Howard (Chris Mulkey), a killer from Mississippi. As Gordon and Howard drive back to Pennsylvania, Howard's violence causes Gordon to reconsider.There are two ways to consider these characters. They can be seen as complicated and deeply flawed humanity. They can also be seen as wrongly written and pathetically unredeemable. Molly's attachment to Teddy can be very disturbing but it's also not unreasonable. Plenty of abused women defend their abusers. Gordon's pathetic character can be very annoying. At the end of the movie, I wish that this was made by the Coen brothers. They would have injected some comedy and pathos which would make this tragedy somehow humorous and more compelling. I don't know much about this filmmaker. He doesn't have it.
Reviewed by quincytheodore 7 / 10

A contrast of daily grind and desperate measure, The Living is peculiar and private enough to be grimly riveting

Reviewed by eurograd 6 / 10

A good dark indie movie, with major editing flaws

'The Living' is about unintended consequences arising from difficult decisions clouted by complicated personalities and troubled minds. It is a nice indie dark movie, with several highlights but some compromising flaws.Acting is surprisingly good, with actors punching way above their weight. This his the highlight of the movie. The slow scenes with agonizing seconds of silences give them a dark and deep vibe, and the actors nail it, looking natural and very comfortable on screen.The context of the story plot is very cliché, however, as it revolves about the struggles of a battered woman and her alcoholic husband who loves-her-even-though-he-hit-her. Strangely, the lack of character development isn't that much detrimental on 'The Living' as it would be in many other movies, as the focus quickly shifts to the mental state and how the characters process the situation they got themselves involved with, instead of just re-telling a worn-out and over-used simple story line. Finally, editing seems to be hurried up, as it is the case of so many otherwise promising indie productions, unfortunately. As I mentioned, many individual scenes are harrowing, deep and engaging, but the transitions don't work that well, which is frustrating.I give 'The Living' a 6/10 score, realizing I'm averaging some very good marks with poor ones. Having so much quality disparity is what, in my opinion, makes the difference between some other reviews here that swing from critical 3s to glowing 9s and 10s.
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