Review of Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014) by Poul F — 25 Aug 2014

My Favorite Film Is 1941's Citizen Kane.

This review of Jamie Marks Is Dead (2014) was written by Poul F on 25 Aug 2014.

Jamie Marks Is Dead has generally received mixed reviews.

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By F B (850) on 25 Jul 2015

Although it steps out of the conventional supernatural horror elements, the movie comes to no climax and carries out dull to the last minute…

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By Matt Donato (975) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 25 Aug 2014

Cameron Smith finds redemption in Jamie Marks Is Dead, an unconventional paranormal story about accepting fate and moving on - no matter how…

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By Daniel T (1,126) on 31 Aug 2014

Nice Indie movie, with a mixture of horror (little), friendship and drama…

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By Jordan Raup (239) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 20 Jun 2016

It may have more brains behind it than The Ruins, but hopefully Smith can find material truly worthy of his technical talents with his next feature…

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By Brad S (2,657) on 10 Mar 2015

I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It's just the perfect mix of outcast/ghost story/love story to keep me intrigued the whole way through…

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By Cylus O (158) on 02 Nov 2014

An odd ghost story that struggles with with its narrative…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Aug 2014

Being haunted by a ghost here is less like a horror movie than like many of the other secrets teenagers share -- working out matters of life…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Aug 2014

Jamie Marks Is Dead admirably refuses to hew to conventional horror tropes and is acted with integrity by its young performers, but the film…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 28 Dec 2016

I get what they were trying to do but it was slow moving. ending was MEH…

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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Sight and Sound (827) on 04 Nov 2014

Jamie's death [is] a shifting, formative influence on Gracie and Adam's future life…

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