Sometimes I Think About Dying
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRachel Lambert
Written by
  • Kevin Armento
  • Stefanie Abel Horowitz
  • Katy Wright-Mead
Based onKillers
by Kevin Armento[1]
Produced by
  • Alex Saks
  • Daisy Ridley
  • Dori Rath
  • Lauren Beveridge
  • Brett Beveridge
Starring
CinematographyDustin Lane
Edited byRyan Kendrick
Music byDabney Morris
Production
companies
  • Point Productions
  • Saks Picture Company
Distributed byOscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19) (Sundance)
  • January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26) (United States)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sometimes I Think About Dying is a 2023 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Rachel Lambert, written by Kevin Armento, Stefanie Abel Horowitz, and Katy Wright-Mead. It is based on the 2013 play Killers by Armento, and a short film was released in 2019, directed and co-written by Horowitz. The film stars Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parvesh Cheena, and Marcia DeBonis.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023, and is scheduled to be released on January 26, 2024.

Synopsis

Fran is a socially awkward office worker who spends most of her time in isolation and daydreams of her own death, when a new colleague pricks the bubble of her own isolation.[2]

Cast

Production

In October 2021, it was reported that Daisy Ridley secretly shot an independent drama in Astoria, Oregon;[3] the project would later be announced in December 2021 in which Ridley also produced the film with Rachel Lambert directing.[4] The screenplay by Kevin Armento is a partial adaptation of his own 2013 play Killers, with Stefanie Abel Horowitz, who directed a 2019 short of the same name, also a screenwriter along with Katy Wright-Mead. All three had also been credited with screenwriting the 2019 short and Horowitz had also directed the 2013 play.[5]

The film is set in a small city on the coast of Oregon.[6] Ridley told a crowd at Sundance that she related to Fran saying "Like, sometimes I feel like a piece of fucking shit. And sometimes I feel, like, great…What was interesting with Fran was sometimes she's sort of obnoxious. Sometimes, she's like, 'I don't want to play your games. I don't want to talk about food. I'm good, I'm apart from this.' And other times, she's like, 'How do I become part of this?' So I resonated with that.[7]

Release

Sometimes I Think About Dying premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2023.[8] In April 2023, Oscilloscope acquired the US distribution rights to the film.[9] The UK distribution rights were acquired by Vertigo Releasing in May 2023.[10] It is scheduled to be released in the United States on January 26, 2024.[11]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 73 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Departing from corporate comedy, Sometimes I Think About Dying modestly explores critical human connection through a superbly, melancholic Daisy Ridley."[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[13]

Peter Debruge in Variety said, "Movies tend to cut these bits out, to focus on the escapist stuff, but every once in a while one comes along, searching for poetry in the mundane." Ridley's character Fran's daydreams are shown as images, and Debruge noted that those "scenes are unexpected, surreal, accompanied by a lovely, meditative string score from composer Dabney Morris. Fran doesn't seem suicidal, but she isn't particularly engaged in life either. The character’s personality is so understated, i's strange to find someone of Ridley's stature drawn to such a self-effacing role".[14] Lovia Gyarkye said in The Hollywood Reporter, "Loneliness is the subject of a poetic exploration…Fran is too distinctively drawn to be just an avatar, but the impressions of her solitude are aching reminders of how modern life nurtures an unsettling separateness… Sometimes I Think About Dying, then, is a graceful treatise on how challenging — but liberating — it can be to make connections."[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying". Writers Guild of America West. December 23, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying". Sundance Film Festival.
  3. ↑ "Film crew shoots independent movie in Astoria featuring 'Star Wars' actress". The Astorian. October 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Daisy Ridley To Star And Produce Indie 'Sometimes I Think About Dying'". Deadline. December 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Daisy Ridley to Star in, Produce Indie Drama 'Sometimes I Think About Dying'". Collider. December 15, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying' Review: Daisy Ridley Tries To Come Out Of Her Shell [Sundance]". Theplaylist.net. January 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Daisy Ridley Relates to Her Character in Sometimes I Think About Dying: 'Sometimes I Feel Like a Piece of F—ing Shit'". MovieMaker.com. January 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying' Review: Daisy Ridley's Wondrous, Whimsical New Journey". Indiewire.com. January 20, 2023.
  9. ↑ Kroll, Justin (April 19, 2023). "Daisy Ridley's Sundance Pic 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' Lands At Oscilloscope". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (May 18, 2023). "Daisy Ridley's 'Sometimes I Think About Dying,' Which Premiered at Sundance, Sells to U.K.'s Vertigo (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  11. ↑ Echebiri, Makuochi (November 13, 2023). "Daisy Ridley-Led Sometimes I Think About Dying Gets Release Date & New Poster". Collider. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Sometimes I Think About Dying' Review: Daisy Ridley's Dreamy Sundance Indie Leaves Room to Think About Other Things". Variety. January 19, 2023.
  15. ↑ Gyarkye, Lovia (January 20, 2023). "Sometimes I Think About Dying' Review: Daisy Ridley Carries a Poetic Meditation on Isolation". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
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