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Don McKay
2009 87m R
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5.8
38%
23%
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Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for.
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Directed By
Jake Goldberger
Written By
Jake Goldberger
Studio
Animus Films
Cast of Don McKay
Thomas Haden Church
Don McKay
Elisabeth Shue
Sonny
Melissa Leo
Marie
M. Emmet Walsh
Samuel
Keith David
Otis Kent
James Rebhorn
Dr. Lance Pryce
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Mel
Stephen Benson
Principal Edwards
Bates Wilder
Officer Tierney
Robert Wahlberg
Alfred
Lewis D. Wheeler
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Don McKay Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Goldberger gets a few good tonal feints in, especially when he consults the Coen recipe book for the disorienting effect of blood (and bloody violence) on American simple folk.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Don McKay certainly has its moments, but it never manages to maintain the consistent tone so crucial if a black comedy is going to actually be funny.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
This is a movie that, if you can make it to the last 30 minutes, starts to make some sense. It seems the plot twist is the only good idea in the script.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
When you pack your movie with performers like Mr. Church, Ms. Leo, Mr. Rebhorn and Keith David (as Don(TM)s old friend), all with faces and deliveries that can slide easily between comedy and menace, you(TM)re holding a full house.
MTV
Kurt Loder
Church's performance could be stuffed and mounted with no loss of liveliness.
Filmcritic.com
Jules Brenner
Savvy viewers aren't likely to get too invested in these characters and their dilemmas, if only because the style of this parody of wish fulfillment will tip most of them off about the plot's misrepresentations in advance
Boxoffice Magazine
Pete Hammond
Clearly Goldberger thinks he can juggle this delicate noirish souffl but it all comes crashing down around him because the true nature of his characters' actions just don't make a whole lot of sense.
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
[Director] Greenberg's tyro script is both dark comedy and slick whodunit and all the players do it justice. He handles his material and fine cast with a deft hand that belies his freshman status.
Boston Herald
James Verniere
First-time writer-director Jake Goldberger may have a great film in him. But "Don McKay" isn't it.
Slant Magazine
Adam Keleman
Jake Goldberger has lassoed a great cast to ham it up in this comical homage to Billy Wilder's classic noirs Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.
DVDTalk.com
Jason Bailey
I can't fully endorse or recommend 'Don McKay'--it's too messy and all-over-the-place for that--but it certainly isn't boring. I'll give it that much.
Associated Press
David Germain
An admirable attempt even if the film only works spottily.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
A strange, largely inert indie thriller.
Observer
Rex Reed
A ludicrously pretentious train wreck masquerading as a movie.
Variety
Rob Nelson
Writer-director Jake Goldberger's mild riff on Double Indemnity, etc., works best as a showcase for its veteran cast.
Hollywood & Fine
Marshall Fine
A squirmy-funny exercise in oddness that happily takes its time getting to the truth...Church hasn't had many roles as juicy as the title character of Don McKay.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...doesn't have the most tightly written script, but off kilter performances, particularly a hilariously determined Elisabeth Shue as the femme fatale Sonny...keep things bubbling along as the plot rolls to a boil over.
Boston Phoenix
Michael C. Walsh
The plot unfolds like a numbed-down neo-noir, and the actors treat it as such, using overwrought dramatic turns as a springboard for delightfully hammy performances.
Moving Pictures Magazine
Annlee Ellingson
Thomas Haden Church wears a puzzled scowl throughout this bizarre film noir, and so will viewers as they struggle to figure out just what Jake Goldberger is going for.
NewsBlaze
Kam Williams
An entertaining enough diversion, though in this critic's opinion it veers sharply from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Watch Don McKay Videos
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Don Mckay: Church And Shue (Junket)
Don Mckay: Church And Shue (Showing Interest)
Don Mckay: Church And Shue (Executive Decision)
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