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Movie Info

Although Julian has money, connections and power, he really wants the one thing his demanding father denied him - a birthday party. But now that a party is being thrown just for him, it's not exactly what he expects. The tables are about to be turned, and the man who has it all is going to get what's coming to him.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Alexander Salazar
Producer:

Martin Copping, Justin Lebrun
Writer:

Gregory P. Wolk
Release Date (Theaters):

Feb 2, 2018 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 6, 2018
Runtime:

1h 12m
Production Co:

Ides of March Productions

Cast & Crew

Tony Demil
Mime

Lorenzo Antonucci
Gladiator

William E. Harris
John

Martin Copping
Sid

Finch Nissen
Richard

Kerry Kelly Gridley
Fran

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Critic Reviews for A Lesson in Cruelty

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A Lesson In Cruelty seems to want to exist as a pitch dark comedy, though it seldom ever achieves the level of actual laughs necessary to make such a claim.

September 1, 2020 | Rating: 2.0/4.0 | Full Review…

Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com