Lowlife (2017 film)

Lowlife
Film poster
Directed by Ryan Prows
Produced by
  • Narineh Hacopian
  • Derek Bishé
  • Tim Cairo
Written by
  • Tim Cairo
  • Jake Gibson
  • Shaye Ogbonna
  • Ryan Prows
  • Maxwell Michael Towson
Starring
  • Nicki Micheaux
  • Ricardo Adam Zarate
  • Jon Oswald
  • Shaye Ogbonna
  • Santana Dempsey
  • Mark Burnham
  • King Orba
Music by Kreng
Cinematography Benjamin Kitchens
Edited by
  • Brett W. Bachman
  • Jarod Shannon
Distributed by IFC Midnight
Release date
  • August 28, 2017 (2017-08-28) (FrightFest)
  • April 6, 2018 (2018-04-06)
Running time
 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Lowlife is a 2017 American comedy crime film co-written and directed by Ryan Prows and stars Nicki Micheaux. It had its world premiere at the 2017 Fantasia International Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Nicki Micheaux as Crystal
  • Ricardo Adam Zarate as El Monstruo
  • Jon Oswald as Randy
  • Shaye Ogbonna as Keith
  • Santana Dempsey as Kaylee
  • Mark Burnham as Teddy "Bear" Haynes
  • King Orba as Dan

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88%, based on 25 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10.[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that it "Nicely calibrates a twisty course between straight crime melodrama and black comedy, one that has cult-following potential among adventurous genre fans."[4] John DeFore from The Hollywood Reporter wrote that it's "A captivating feature debut despite some missteps, it flashes back to a time when every other filmmaking newcomer wanted to be Quentin Tarantino; surprisingly, it does not provoke the weary eye-rolling that greeted so many of those films."[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Lowlife". Fantasia International Film Festival. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lowlife (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Lowlife Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Harvey, Dennis (April 3, 2018). "Film Review: 'Lowlife'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ DeFore, John (August 2, 2017). "'Lowlife': Fantasia Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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