Cold Turkey (2013 film)

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Cold Turkey
Directed byWill Slocombe
Written byWill Slocombe
Produced byGraham Ballou
David Mandel
Starring Peter Bogdanovich
Ashton Holmes
Alicia Witt
Sonya Walger
Wilson Bethel
Cheryl Hines
CinematographyLucas Lee Graham
Edited byLauren Connelly
Music byWilliam C. White
Production
companies
Midway Films
Burn Later Prods.
Distributed byFilmBuff
Release date
  • November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15) [1]
Running time
82 minutes [1]
83 minutes [2]
84 minutes [3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cold Turkey (also titled Pasadena) [2] is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Will Slocombe and starring Peter Bogdanovich, Ashton Holmes, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger, Wilson Bethel and Cheryl Hines.

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Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [4] Veronika Ferdman of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four. [3] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic awarded the film two and a half stars. [5] Noel Murray of The Dissolve awarded the film two stars out of five. [1]

David Edelstein of Vulture.com gave the film a positive review, calling it "a simmering piece of holiday dystopia with a good, scorching boil-over." [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Murray, Noel (13 November 2013). "Cold Turkey". The Dissolve . Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 Foundas, Scott (15 April 2013). "Film Review: 'Pasadena'". Variety . Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Ferdman, Veronika (19 November 2013). "Review: Cold Turkey". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. "Cold Turkey". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. Goodykoontz, Bill (21 November 2013). "'Cold Turkey,' 2.5 stars". The Arizona Republic . Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. Edelstein, David (22 November 2013). "Edelstein on Cold Turkey: A Simmering Piece of Holiday Family Dystopia". Vulture.com . Retrieved 4 December 2020.