As I Lay Dying

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As I Lay Dying

R,

2013,

1h 50m,

Drama/

Adventure/

Western

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Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Critics Consensus

As I Lay Dying finds director, star, and co-writer James Franco attempting to adapt one of William Faulkner's weightier works, with disappointingly muddled results.

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Justin Stewart

Film Comment Magazine

Nov 4, 2013

A qualified, perfectly respectable success

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Oct 11, 2013

1.5/4

I don't pretend to have a clue how to adapt William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" for the screen, but unlike James Franco, I, at least, didn't try.

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

Oct 10, 2013

3/5

As a whole ... "As I Lay Dying" conveys some of Faulkner's themes, and the details of the Bundren family story, with clarity and concision.

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

Aug 22, 2018

James Franco continues his aggressive campaign to make everyone hate him, despite his roguish good looks, with a film adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying."

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Matt Donato

We Got This Covered

Nov 10, 2013

5/10

As I Lay Dying tries to adapt the impossible, but unfortunately it is bested by Faulkner's weighty source material.

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Witney Seibold

CraveOnline

Oct 30, 2013

7.5/10

Both brilliant and maddening

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Jan 20, 2019

Great movie! The acting of Tim Blake Nelson as Anse Bundren was phenomenal. It deserved at least an Oscar nomination. But I guess the Oscars are not into these themes.

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Rey M

Nov 24, 2018

Not royalty - not gods- not Heroes. Instead a common southern farming family embarks on what becomes an epic tragic odyssey to bury Their mother and wife, Addie Burden. Things go badly until they become worse. Over the course of this slow burn we begin to get a clearer and clearer picture of the patriarch behind this ill conceived venture. How do you express the complex and rich musings of people with limited verbal ability? He has figured this out. Watch it twice When you know what a character does you can make better sense of what is crossing his face the 2 nd time round

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George S

Aug 15, 2018

They cut the character "Cora" out of the script, just removed her (?¿?) Umm, No, just ... No. Otherwise, I did enjoy it, MAJOR themes come across, ADAQUATE acting ...

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Han P

Feb 12, 2018

Was very disappointed

Theodore S

Aug 11, 2017

seen two j.franco movies hated them both like him as a actor as a director DONT

Abraham G

May 1, 2017

2 Stars Nice try, but its a total failure at all level trying to adapt Faulkner's novel

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James Franco

Director

James Franco

Darl Bundren

Tim Blake Nelson

Anse

Logan Marshall-Green

Jewel

Jim Parrack

Cash

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Synopsis

Strife and disaster befall a poor Mississippi family during a two-day trip by horse and wagon to bury their deceased matriarch.

Director: James Franco
Producer: Lee Caplin, Matt O'Toole, Robert Van Norden, Caroline Aragon, Miles Levy, Vince Jolivette
Screenwriter: James Franco, Matt Rager
Distributor: Millennium Entertainment
Production Co: Picture Entertainment Corporation
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Disturbing Images|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.0K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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