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Shallow Grave (1995)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:29

Rotten:12

Average Rating:6.4/10

Consensus: This black-humored thriller features characters who are more obnoxious than clever. During the second half, the movie descends into gratuitous violence.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash.... After three Edinburgh roommates (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, and Kerry Fox) finally choose a new roommate they can live with, they find him dead on the floor with a suitcase full of cash. While trying to remove the body and extricate themselves from the situation, they wade hip-deep into a world of drugs, greed, and madness. Danny Boyle's first feature film is a delightfully circuitous, nail-biting, and unpretentious noir, with the director--and screenwriter John Hodge--focusing on the gradual psychological disintegration of the roommates. Boyle and Hodge would gain even greater acclaim across the Atlantic with their hit follow-up, TRAINSPOTTING. Eccleston would go on to appear in films such as ELIZABETH and THE OTHERS. McGregor, of course, would become Rent Boy and eventually Obi-Wan Kenobi, among many other screen roles. [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, Ken Stott

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, Ken Stott, Keith Allen

Director: Danny Boyle

Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: John Hodge

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Reviews for Shallow Grave

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Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Goes drastically wrong in the second half, deteriorating into a shrill horror flick dressed up in killer garb.

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01/01/00
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

Boyle's relentless homage to Hitchcock ... wears thin.

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01/01/00
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer
Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

Fox, McGregor and Eccleston merely mill around the screen like the kind of living-dead folks we usually see rising from the grave.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Impressive cast fails to redeem rather overrated movie.

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09/27/05
Gregory Weinkauf
Gregory Weinkauf
ÜberCiné

[The characters] become less and less interesting as the movie progresses.

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01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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The situation is contrived, the relationships unlikely, the characters one-dimensional.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com

A few good moments, but you never truly connect with the main characters.

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01/01/00
Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

Class has its place, but some of us prefer our cut-'em-ups a little more lowdown.

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02/13/01
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Los Angeles Times
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At some point, ordinary human compassion must take up the slack. Boyle isn't a zippy enough director to make up for what's missing. No one is.

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09/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Since no reasonable person can remotely hope to identity with Juliet, David or Alex, the whole case drops through.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Loathsome people can make for absorbing entertainment, but after a while you may want to say: not today, thank you.

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01/01/00
Scott Rosenberg
Scott Rosenberg
San Francisco Examiner

We end up with a Hitchcock-lite tale that has gratuitous violence a la Steven King or any slasher movie pasted on in place of a viable script.

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01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

An excellent little thriller!

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06/26/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
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01/26/04
Brian Gibson
Brian Gibson
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Stylish, wacky and a bit shocking in places.

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01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

From the get-go, this film begins to close its fingers around your neck and never lets go.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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