Easy Living (2017 film)

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Easy Living
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Directed byAdam Keleman
Written byAdam Keleman
Produced by
  • Laura Wagner
  • Adam Keleman
Starring Caroline Dhavernas
CinematographyJames Axel West
Edited byChristopher Radcliff
Drew DeNicola
Music byJuke
Production
companies
Bay Bridge Productions
Green Ray Films
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release date
  • September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Easy Living is a 2017 American thriller comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Keleman and starring Caroline Dhavernas. It is Keleman's feature directorial debut. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Release

The film was released on September 15, 2017. [1]

Reception

The film has a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on nine reviews. [2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote, "A character study of an endlessly flawed human being, Easy Living thankfully avoids heavy moralizing or platitudinous bromides and it even makes familiar situations(...)seems fresh." [1]

Alan Ng of Film Threat awarded the film three stars out of five and wrote that the film "is a character study of a real-life Peter Pan, who can’t quite find the doorway into adulthood." [3]

Simi Horwitz of Film Journal International gave the film a positive review and wrote "An exceptional character study of an outlier who lives a Jekyll and Hyde existence in a universe almost devoid of causality." [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Frank Scheck (September 14, 2017). "'Easy Living': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. "Easy Living". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. Alan Ng (November 3, 2017). "Easy Living". Film Threat. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. Simi Horwitz (September 14, 2017). "Film Review: Easy Living". Film Journal International. Retrieved August 14, 2021.