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Val breaks up with his girlfriend Natasha and quits his job, then helps his best friend Kevin escape from the psychiatric hospital in which he was placed after he had also tried to kill himself three days earlier.
May 13, 2022 · “On the Count of Three” opens on the dejected eyes of Kevin (Christopher Abbott), a thirty-something who is pointing a gun at his best friend Val (Jerrod Carmichael), who in turn also aims a lethal weapon back at him.
With Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott, Tiffany Haddish, Lavell Crawford. Jerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut and stars in On the Count of Three, a darkly comic feature about two best friends, Val (Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott), on the last day of their lives.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Jerrod Carmichael
- 2022-05-13
- The Death Bite and Its Two Different Victims
- How Do Val and Kevin symbolize The Two Different Forms of Life?
- Final Words: A Distinctive Approach
With an elementarily raw vibe fused with the tune of punk, the movie shows some earlier moments of the almost-dead lives of two young men. One of them is a manual laborer named Val, whose mental turmoil does not show an obvious reason from the beginning, but he is not holding it up well. Val’s silent breakdown is a true representative of the harsh ...
Val, whose will to live is revived, becomes the killer of a person whom he barely knows. While Kevin is happy about this, Val doesn’t want to screw up again. So he flees the scene with Kevin. But with the entire police force behind them, Val and Kevin realize their end is near. Either they must surrender or decide to die. But Val is still an optimi...
The film is Carmichael’s innovative take on the portrayal of mental breakdown, packed with intense emotion and dark comedy. This movie may not make you laugh out loud, but it is bound to put an uncomfortable smile on your lips that will make you worry repeatedly about the protagonists’ dire consequences. Kevin’s faint gaze and Val’s burning silence...
From Annapurna Pictures (Spring Breakers, Sorry to Bother You, Booksmart) and Orion Pictures, Jerrod Carmichael makes his directorial debut and stars in On the Count of Three, a darkly comic...
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- Jerrod Carmichael
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- Jerrod Carmichael
May 13, 2022 · 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.
May 11, 2022 · A dark comedy that’s as bleak (and as bleakly funny) as they come, On The Count of Three follows two depressed best friends, Kevin (Christopher Abbott) and Val (Jerrod Carmichael), on the day...
