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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:3

Rotten:7

Average Rating:4.1/10

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Starring: Billy Zane

Starring: Billy Zane

Screenwriter: Edward D. Wood

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I can recommend three more enjoyable alternatives: counting the number of hairs on the back of your forearm, practicing breaking a cinder block in half with your bare hand, or submitting to a colonoscopy.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

The budgets of [Wood's] own efforts would have been splurged within the first minute of DIED's title credits

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
11/14/07
Shane Burridge
Shane Burridge
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Nothing could be more lethal to a Wood script than actors who not only think they're hipper than what they're trying to do, but who also make sure that the audience knows it.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/03/01
Cole Gagne
Cole Gagne
Film Journal International

It's sad and misguided and boring. Pretending to make a pathetically amateurish movie isn't nearly as effective as accidentally making one because you don't know any better.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/03/01
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times
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As funny as a funeral.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/04/03
Phil Hall
Phil Hall
Film Threat

Wood's bargain-basement aesthetic is impossible to parody. That this mime show works better than it should is, in a sense, the ultimate dis.

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04/03/01
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice

What redeems the whole enterprise is the affection that paradoxically comes through from its director, who obviously has tender memories of Mr. Wood.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Not funny enough to deserve a good rating.

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01/01/00
Mark R. Leeper
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

hough the film is distinctive, its unique style wore thin after about 20 minutes, and as it progressed, watching became a chore.

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01/01/00
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Like all of the films Ed Wood directed, this new movie is a pure and simple dud.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
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03/26/09
Glenn Lovell
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04/03/01
John Paul Powell
John Paul Powell
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