Fresh
The Little Death is [Lawson's] feature film debut, and it's beautifully scripted, each of its five story lines working out the comic implications of a perverse urge.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
The Little Death
A little weird, a little kinky, and a little twisted.
2014 · 1h 36m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Josh Lawson
Overview
A comedy film that looks into the loosely connected lives of people with strange sexual fantasies.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The mood will be too mild and shock-free for fans of Todd Solondz or early Neil LaBute; yet the film is sufficiently cool and quizzical to make you wonder where Lawson will turn next.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rotten
There is simultaneously too much and not enough going on in writer/director/co-star Josh Lawson's feature debut.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
Rotten
In the end, the film doesn't work.
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Fresh
Darkly funny, occasionally poignant and teeming with the unexpected.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
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