Don McKay
25 years after a tragedy, high school janitor Don McKay returns to his hometown and rekindles a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay more than he bargained for.
5 July 1960, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
14 September 1960, New York City, New York, USA
19 June 1986, Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
17 June 1960, Yolo, California, USA
1 September 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
April 02, 2010
[Director] Greenberg's tyro script is both dark comedy and slick whodunit and all the players do it justice. He handles his material and fine cast with a deft hand that belies his freshman status.
April 01, 2010
An admirable attempt even if the film only works spottily.
April 07, 2010
Goldberger gets a few good tonal feints in, especially when he consults the Coen recipe book for the disorienting effect of blood (and bloody violence) on American simple folk.
July 24, 2010
Labored and distractingly uneven, Don McKay comes across as a lackadaisical film school writing assignment that somehow lucked into a feature film deal.
April 02, 2010
Don McKay certainly has its moments, but it never manages to maintain the consistent tone so crucial if a black comedy is going to actually be funny.
June 29, 2010
Goldberger makes the most of his eclectic, multi-Oscar-nominated cast to make up for the lack of scope and visual panache, not to mention the sometimes strained machinations of his plot
March 31, 2010
A strange, largely inert indie thriller.
April 08, 2010
The tone and the pacing always seem a little off and as a result, we become all too aware of mechanics of the screenplay grinding along towards a finale that is simply too complicated and unbelievable for its own good.
April 01, 2010
This is a movie that, if you can make it to the last 30 minutes, starts to make some sense. It seems the plot twist is the only good idea in the script.
April 06, 2010
Clearly Goldberger thinks he can juggle this delicate noirish soufflé but it all comes crashing down around him because the true nature of his characters' actions just don't make a whole lot of sense.
July 31, 2011
...an almost aggressively pointless piece of work that simply isn't able to justify its very existence.
April 02, 2010
When you pack your movie with performers like Mr. Church, Ms. Leo, Mr. Rebhorn and Keith David (as Donâ(TM)s old friend), all with faces and deliveries that can slide easily between comedy and menace, youâ(TM)re holding a full house.
