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Rated: 3.5/5 • Oct 6, 2022. TOP CRITIC. Comfort has never felt more discomforting than it does in On the Count of Three, a profound new comedy about suicide, mental health, depression,...
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May 13, 2022 · Reviews. On the Count of Three. 84 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2022. Carlos Aguilar. May 13, 2022. 6 min read. “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.
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By Siddhant Adlakha
Posted: May 11, 2022 1:00 pm
On the Count of Three will be released on digital VOD and in select theaters on May 13, 2022.
The film deals heavily with suicide, and the below review discusses its treatment of it in broad strokes. If you are having suicidal thoughts, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline in the U.S. is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-273-8255. A list of international suicide hotlines can be found here.
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 they decide to kill themselves. The Sundance 2021 breakout marks Carmichael’s debut as a feature filmmaker, and sees him walking a tonal high-wire as he taps deep into millennial burnout — both as a director and as a performer — resulting in a grim, hilarious minor miracle of a movie that could so easily have gone wrong.
After teasing a scene where the two pals point handguns at each other, the film flashes back to earlier in the day, tracing how their double-murder-suicide pact came to be. Kevin, after an attempt at taking his own life earlier in the week, sits helpless in an institution that can’t seem to offer him a way to cope. Meanwhile, Val languishes in his dead-end job at a mulch factory, shuffling dead-eyed between conversations with senior managers who have far more enthusiasm about topsoil than he could ever hope to muster. Overcome by emotional numbness, he decides to spring Kevin and offers him the only mutual escape that seems on the cards for them — though not before they decide to spend their final day together, righting a few wrongs and living without consequence.
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A buddy comedy about a suicide pact, On The Count of Three follows Val (actor-director Jerrod Carmichael) and Kevin (Christopher Abbott) on their final day alive, when the rules of tomorrow no longer apply to them. Thoughtfully conceived and brilliantly acted, it’s one of the most bleakly funny films to come out this year.
- Siddhant Adlakha
Jan 29, 2021 · Comedian Jerrod Carmichael's 'On the Count of Three' follows two best friends (Carmichael and Christopher Abbott) who've decided to kill themselves at the end of the day.
May 13, 2022 · On The Count Of Three is a sensitive film that may not appeal to everyone due to its dark themes, but it offers a powerful exploration of friendship, pain, and mental health—a tour de force in its own right. 9/10. Read More.
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Hard-to-watch dramedy about suicide has language, violence. Read Common Sense Media's On the Count of Three review, age rating, and parents guide.
