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| The Barber | |
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| Directed by | Basel Owies |
| Written by | Max Enscoe |
| Produced by | Travis Knox |
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| Cinematography | Allen Liu |
| Edited by | Nader Owies Greg Thompson |
| Music by | Freddy Sheinfeld |
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Running time | 90 minutes [1] 95 minutes [2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The film premiered at the Busan International Film Festival on October 3, 2014. [4] It was then released in limited theaters and on VOD on March 27, 2015. [1]
The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [5] Oktay Ege Kozak of IndieWire graded the film a D. [6] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer awarded the film two and a half stars out of four. [2]
Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote "An apparent serial-killer-wannabe tracks down his would-be mentor in this underwhelming thriller." [1]
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