Cold Turkey (2013 film)

Cold Turkey
Directed byWill Slocombe
Written byWill Slocombe
Produced byGraham Ballou
David Mandel
StarringPeter Bogdanovich
Ashton Holmes
Alicia Witt
Sonya Walger
Wilson Bethel
Cheryl Hines
CinematographyLucas Lee Graham
Edited byLauren Connelly
Music byWilliam C. White
Production
companies
Midway Films
Burn Later Prods.
Distributed byFilmBuff
Release date
  • November 15, 2013 (2013-11-15)[1]
Running time
82 minutes[1]
83 minutes[2]
84 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cold Turkey (also titled Pasadena)[2] is a 2013 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Will Slocombe and starring Peter Bogdanovich, Ashton Holmes, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger, Wilson Bethel and Cheryl Hines.

Cast

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4] Veronika Ferdman of Slant Magazine awarded the film one and a half stars out of four.[3] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic awarded the film two and a half stars.[5] Noel Murray of The Dissolve awarded the film two stars out of five.[1]

David Edelstein of Vulture.com gave the film a positive review, calling it "a simmering piece of holiday dystopia with a good, scorching boil-over."[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Murray, Noel (November 13, 2013). "Cold Turkey". The Dissolve. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Foundas, Scott (April 15, 2013). "Film Review: 'Pasadena'". Variety. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Ferdman, Veronika (November 19, 2013). "Review: Cold Turkey". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Cold Turkey". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  5. ^ Goodykoontz, Bill (November 21, 2013). "'Cold Turkey,' 2.5 stars". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Edelstein, David (November 22, 2013). "Edelstein on Cold Turkey: A Simmering Piece of Holiday Family Dystopia". Vulture.com. Retrieved December 4, 2020.