This Is Your Death (The Show)
An unsettling look at reality T.V. where a disturbing hit game show has its contestants ending their lives for the public's enjoyment.
19 June 1973, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
30 October 1971, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
14 November 1972, Minot, North Dakota, USA
5 April 1982, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
26 April 1958, Copenhagen, Denmark
17 February 1952, Southampton, England, UK
March 11, 2017
It's cast mostly with small-screen actors, looks like early-aughts TV, and raises indefensible moral dilemmas that movies like "The Hunger Games" have long since rendered moot.
March 15, 2017
This Is Your Death is a brilliant concept, but tonal mishandling makes for another media takedown that's all bark and no bite.
March 21, 2017
Early promise quickly evaporates once the film sheds its smirk and turns increasingly sanctimonious.
March 13, 2017
Placing the obvious philosophical hypocrisies aside, the film's ultimate issues lie in motivations, the film's and each of the characters.
September 22, 2017
There's plenty of emotion but precious little sense packed into this acerbic media satire that winds up more heavy-handed than provocative.
September 14, 2017
Neither sharp enough to qualify as satire nor emotional enough to be a standard drama, "The Show" exists in film purgatory.
