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- More a black comedy than the intended "neo-noir" that newbie auteur Jake Goldberger aspires to, "Don McKay" is a droll little independent flick for audiences with dark tastes.
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Mar 30, 2010 · While "Don McKay" never quite comes together, it's a sign of a coming talent on film. Film noir laced with black comedy is one of the hardest cinema styles to pull off.
Apr 2, 2010 · Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue do their best with what they're given, but Don McKay is too confused and far-fetched to be taken seriously as a noir, and too inconsistent to work as a black...
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Mar 29, 2010 · Thomas Haden Church Goes Dark. By Cole Smithey. More a black comedy than the intended "neo-noir" that newbie auteur Jake Goldberger aspires to, "Don McKay" is a droll little independent flick for audiences with dark tastes.
The acting was ordinary and whilst I understand it is a comedy or black comedy as some have suggested, it never really hits the spot. She seems very wooden in the movie and I was disappointed in her performance.
Jan 8, 2015 · Don McKay aims to be a film noir laced with black comedy, but it “never quite settles into the rhythm” of either form. Thomas Haden Church stars as Don, a janitor who receives a desperate letter...
Apr 1, 2010 · Don McKay is a peculiar hybrid of thriller, black comedy, small-town drama, and who knows what else, pitched at an odd angle that resembles no reality I recognized, either in life or in other movies. It's so strange, in fact, that I half-wonder if writer/director Jake Goldberger was trying to remove himself from the conventions of storytelling ...
Apr 2, 2010 · A shy, studious gay teenager (Stephen Bender), newly arrived in the Louisiana backwoods, doesn’t stand a chance, caught between a bullying, fanatically religious father (Thomas Jay Ryan) and a ...
