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One of These Days

2020

Bastian Günther

Joe Cole, Carrie Preston, Callie Hernandez, Bill Callahan ...

6.0

186

Drama In a small Texan town, a local car dealer holds the “Hands on a Hardbody” competition every year. In this contest, participants selected by lucky draw stand around a brand new pickup truck donated by the organiser, place one hand on the car, and are not allowed to take it away. Whoever holds on the longest gets to keep the car. Short breaks are few and far between, and the competitors not permitted to sleep. Meanwhile, a fair kicks off ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"Competent and bleakly entertaining storytelling (...) while there are some pacing issues (...) is poignant and effective."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The film’s unexpected ending is both effective and unconscionable, factually accurate and virtually impossible to accept, in part because Günther has manipulated us to make his point."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Bastian Günther's watchable story is told with conviction (...) This is a watchable film, but one that somehow doesn't allow you much access to the competitors' minds (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Sophie Monks Kaufman Empire	"A frustrating lack of focus on individual stakes (...) His lack of a handle on the material leads to two hours so meandering that the story drifts away in a haze of boredom (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"The film is more engrossing than its stasis-requiring premise suggest (...) It pays off emotionally"	POS
United Kingdom	Emma Steen Time Out	"[It] doesn't quite nail the provoking social commentary you sense that it sets out to provide. Nevertheless, there are enough intriguing ideas at work to make it inventive as well as hard-hitting (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"[It] is well-acted and well-shot, and it builds to a shocking twist (...) it’s an artful piece of work"	POS
United States	Meredith Jill Brown Dread Central	"[It] is beyond depressing, which ironically makes it so good (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"[The director] while perfectly aware of the sheer absurdity of it all (...) he certainly doesn’t mock it (...) The main concept is still much more interesting than its execution"	NEU

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