Perhaps the film might have survived the tortuous plotting, sub-sitcom jokes and drab direction if it wasn’t for Barnard’s woefully misjudged, wet blanket performance, but it’s highly doubtful.
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
United Kingdom · 2018
1h 30m
Director Tom Edmunds
Starring Aneurin Barnard, Tom Wilkinson, Freya Mavor, Christopher Eccleston
Genre Comedy, Action, Drama
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William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.
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Screen International by Allan Hunter
There is a mixture of styles in Dead In A Week that never quite gels.
It’s a tricky premise, and maybe a bit too much for first time writer/director Tom Edmunds Not even the reassuring presence of Tom Wilkinson, who makes everything he’s in better, can right this particular ship.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
A stellar cast and a breezy tone partially compensate for the movie’s shortcomings.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Dead in a Week is striving for a weirdly sentimental kind of black-comic farce, and it doesn’t work.
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