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What Richard Did

2012 · 1h 27m · N/A Drama
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson

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What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.

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93%
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Fresh

You may be shocked by your own reactions to "what Richard did," but you won't soon forget the movie in which he did them.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
Fresh

Abrahamson's penetrating film asks - and does not answer - whether one viciously criminal moment is an aberration, or whether it reveals the weak, shabby person who was there all along.

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Fresh

Mr. Reynor's portrayal of this man-child is an extraordinary screen performance in which his face registers all the conflicting emotions gripping Richard. We see every layer of him, from the scared inner child to the suave, entitled ladies' man.

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh

[Feels] like a Bergman homage without earning the clunky label "Bergmanesque."

Sherilyn Connelly, Village Voice
Fresh

A satisfyingly knotted moral fable with some very memorable performances, including a fine piece of charismatic brooding from Reynor.

Matt Singer, Time Out New York

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