Wisconsin Death Trip

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Wisconsin Death Trip

2001,

1h 16m,

Drama

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75%

24 Reviews

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64%

500+ Ratings

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24 Reviews

64%

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500+ Ratings

The late 19th century finds the town of Black River Falls experiencing a wave of disturbing, macabre and truly eccentric occurrences. Perhaps the town's economic troubles or the harsh Wisconsin climate contribute to the plague of murder, arson, insanity, disease, suicide and other ills the cursed citizens endure. Part archival investigation, part dramatization, this film resurrects the demons of Black River Falls through bleak photographs and re-enactments of the town's sordid news articles.

Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Mar 3, 2014

1/4

Marsh's film alludes to the poor economy of the former mining town but has little else to say about potential causes or motivation. Marsh just piles the events on, as if there's black humor in their sheer volume. Nope, just a big boring pile.

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Mar 3, 2014

The main problem with Wisconsin Death Trip is the way the format distances you from the subject matter, so that stories may shock, but they never move you.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Mar 3, 2014

Wisconsin Death Trip chronicles, in bleakly funny vignettes, the marathon of perverse, violent, and frequently inexplicable acts of violence and insanity that gripped the seemingly cursed Wisconsin town of Black River Falls during the late 19th century.

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Ken Fox

TV Guide

Mar 3, 2014

3.5/4

Crisply photographed in black and white by cinematographer Eigil Bryld and extremely violent, it's the hellish flip-side to Little House on the Prairie.

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

Mar 3, 2014

3/4

Required viewing for anyone who thinks the modern media created the social ills that accost us so frequently today.

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Synopsis

The late 19th century finds the town of Black River Falls experiencing a wave of disturbing, macabre and truly eccentric occurrences. Perhaps the town's economic troubles or the harsh Wisconsin climate contribute to the plague of murder, arson, insanity, disease, suicide and other ills the cursed citizens endure. Part archival investigation, part dramatization, this film resurrects the demons of Black River Falls through bleak photographs and re-enactments of the town's sordid news articles.

Director: James Marsh
Producer: Maureen A. Ryan, James Marsh
Screenwriter: James Marsh
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 14, 2001, Limited
Release Date (DVD): Feb 24, 2004
Runtime: 1h 16m

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