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To Dust

2019Movie1 h 45 minR

ComedyDrama
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Metacritic665.5Rotten Tomatoes89%74%
69
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Metacritic665.5Rotten Tomatoes89%74%

Summary

Shmuel, a Hasidic cantor in Upstate New York and distraught at the untimely death of his wife, struggles to find religious solace, while secretly obsessing over how her body will decay. As a clandestine partnership develops with Albert, a local community college biology professor, the two embark on a darkly comic and increasingly literal undertaking into the underworld.

Good for

  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults
  • Solo watch

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You want fast pacing
  • Graphic violence bothers you

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Crew

Directed by
Shawn Snyder
Written by
Shawn Snyder, Jason Begue
Produced by
Ron Perlman, Emily Mortimer, Alessandro Nivola
Music by
Ariel Marx

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Facts

February 8, 2019 · 1 h 45 min · R

Released
February 8, 2019
Runtime
1 h 45 min
Age rating
R
Content
Disturbing Imagery
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Original language
English
Made in
United States
Available in
135 countries

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Questions about To Dust

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is To Dust worth watching?

69
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69 (IMDb 6, Rotten Tomatoes 89%, and Metacritic 66). Critics rate it higher (78 out of 100) than audiences (63).

Will To Dust make me laugh?

Light

Now and then: the humor is mostly dark humor (7 of 10) and absurd humor (5 of 10).

Will I feel good after watching To Dust?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for melancholy and 8 for bleakness, against 2 for hopefulness.