Kalamity (film)

Kalamity
Film poster
Directed by	James M. Hausler
Written by	James M. Hausler
Produced by	Juliana Penaranda
Starring	Nick Stahl Jonathan Jackson Beau Garrett
Cinematography	Jim Hunter
Edited by	James M. Hausler Chris Lorusso
Music by	Christopher Mangum
Production company	Beat Pirate Films
Distributed by	Original 4 Releasing Screen Media Films
Release date	October 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)(Los Angeles) [1]
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Kalamity is a 2010 American psychological thriller film starring Nick Stahl, Jonathan Jackson and Beau Garrett. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Cast

• Nick Stahl as Billy Klepack
• Jonathan Jackson as Stanley Keller
• Christopher M. Clark as Christian Phillips
• Beau Garrett as Alice
• Robert Forster as Tom Klepack
• Alona Tal as Ashley
• Patricia Kalember as Terry Klepack
• Sammi Hanratty as Barbie Klepack

Reception

The film has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ^[6] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 28 out of a 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews. ^[7]

Glenn Heath Jr. of Slant Magazine gave the film one and a half stars out of four, explaining his rating by "The brooding main characters in James M. Hausler's Kalamity take indulgent suffering to another level". ^[8]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "[a] pallid, unconvincing thriller" that "carries the battle between the sexes to literal extremes". ^[9]

References

1. "Actor Jonathan Jackson arrives at "Kalamity" Los Angeles Premiere at..." Getty Images. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. Catsoulis, Jeannette (October 21, 2010). "'Kalamity': Murder (And Moping) Most Foul". NPR . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
3. Holden, Stephen (October 21, 2010). "Young Men Are Adrift; A Girlfriend Is Missing". The New York Times . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
4. Tobias, Scott (October 21, 2010). "Kalamity". The A.V. Club . The Onion . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
5. Abele, Robert (October 21, 2010). "Movie review: 'Kalamity'". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
6. "Kalamity". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
7. "Kalamity Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved July 30, 2021.
8. Glenn Heath Jr. (October 16, 2010). "Kalamity". Slant Magazine .
9. Scheck, Frank (October 25, 2010). "Kalamity — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 30, 2021.

External links

• Kalamity at IMDb