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Dead End (2003)

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A family making their annual Christmas pilgrimage to Grandmother's house finds their journey taking an ominous turn when they attempt to take an unfamiliar shortcut in this low-key chiller from first-time director Jean-Baptiste Andrea. For 20 years, Frank Harrington (Ray Wise) has driven the same, mind-numbingly familiar route to the annual holiday gathering, but the discovery of an unfamiliar shortcut simply proves too enticing for the loving but strained father to resist. As the road grows

Nov 19, 2004

LionsGate Entertainment

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All Critics (11) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (1) | DVD (8)

A small film like Dead End sneaks in and manages to floor pretty much everyone that's seen it.

February 1, 2006 Full Review Source: Dread Central | Comment
Dread Central

There's great promise in Dead End, and a script that is often clever, combined with a carload of decent actors, really helps cover a multitude of flaws.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Apesar dos personagens caricaturais (principalmente o adolescente irritante), cria boa dose de suspense e conta com um final intrigante.

September 23, 2004 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Like a Twilight Zone episode stretched out into a feature ... without adding much subtext.

April 17, 2004 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | Comment
Shadows on the Wall
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Audience Reviews for Dead End

Ray Wise = "I'm in!" This is another one that felt like a made for TV film, some good suspense but could have benefited from more scares and on screen kills. Though as a Lynch fan I couldn't help but chuckle when "Frank's" (Ray Wise) son finds a cellphone with an ear attached and hearing "Frank" calling into the night

October 11, 2011
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Robert C

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Feels like I've been here before, or sometimes maybe never was....Well, this little film drags you in different directions other than a depicted family's that seem to drive in the same direction over and over for reasons unknown yet all so clear to a certain fate. No one is devoid of this, but when it's laid out in a

December 18, 2008
yona71

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    1. Frank: I know this is the season of giving, but I just don't give a fuck!
    – Submitted by Jcr P (5 months ago)
    1. Frank: Maybe the North Star doesn't indicate north. Maybe the map maker was drunk. Maybe the moon's made out of cheese. Who knows? Everything is so fucked up on this goddamn road!
    – Submitted by Sabrina B (7 months ago)
    1. Frank: Richard, drag his body off to the side of the road.
    2. Richard: Jesus, what do I look like? Your fu*king janitor?
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Lady in white: My little girl. Her name is Amy. - She's so cold
    2. Brad: Not surprised. It's freezing here.
    3. Lady in white: You hold her.
    4. Brad: No. I'm not really a baby kind of guy. How does she breathe with all those blanket on her face?
    5. Lady in white: Don't worry. She's dead.
    6. Brad: That's a good one (sees the dead baby) OH MY GOD!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Richard: Let Brad be the gentleman.
    2. Brad: What's your problem, man?
    3. Richard: Relax, buddy. Breath in slowly through your nose and out deeply through your ass!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)

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