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Directed by | Chris Skotchdopole |
Screenplay by | Chris Skotchdopole |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $39,660 [1] |
Crumb Catcher is a 2023 American thriller film written and directed by Chris Skotchdopole (in his debut feature [2] [3] ), starring Rigo Garay, Ella Rae Peck, John Speredakos, and Lorraine Farris. Its plot features a newlywed couple on their honeymoon who get an unwelcome visitor during the night. [4]
Crumb Catcher was released in the United States on September 24, 2023 at Fantastic Fest. [5]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 86% of 37 critics' reviews are positive. [6] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [7]
Maggie Lovitt of Collider gave the film a score of 7/10, calling it "funny, bizarre, uncomfortable, and an absolute cringe-fest for all the best reasons". [3] Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a mildly positive review, calling it "taut" and "divertingly nasty", though not particularly insightful. [4] In a less enthusiastic review, Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com gave the film 2 stars out of 4, criticizing a perceived lack of chemistry between the two leads and calling it "a labored attempt at an absurdist suspense-thriller". [2]