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Movie Info

Excluded and resented by her husband and his smug friends, a mild-mannered housewife (Katie O'Grady) finds an outrageous new identity.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

James Westby
Writer:

James Westby
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 18, 2011 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$10.4K
Runtime:

1h 29m

Cast & Crew

Katie O'Grady
Meris

John Keyser
Mitch

Orianna Herrman
Trudy

Storm Large
Briann Lockwood

Theresa Russell
Mrs. Lockwood

Ritah Parrish
Dawn

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News & Interviews for Rid of Me

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Critic Reviews for Rid of Me

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (7)

This hectoring visual style becomes particularly irritating in combination with his rigid social stereotyping.

December 1, 2011 | Full Review…

J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
O'Grady is very good, but she can't make the hard-to-watch Rid of Me dramatically credible.

November 18, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Lou Lumenick
New York Post
Unconvincing tale of self-empowerment has attitude and anxiety but nothing underneath.

November 18, 2011 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
Westby's nervy story is like "Desperately Seeking Susan" played straight. Let's hope O'Grady's next film meets this one's potential.

November 17, 2011 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
Comes at you like a horror movie before settling down into something quieter but equally skin crawling.

November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5

Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
It's a bittersweet ode to downward mobility and letting go that's a throwback to a time when slackerdom was more of a lifestyle choice than something forced upon you by grim economic realities.

November 17, 2011 | Rating: 7.5/10 | Full Review…

Alison Willmore
Movieline
O'Grady is miraculous, but "Rid of Me" is more ordinary stuff.

December 15, 2011 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Shawn Levy
Oregonian
The beginning may have you wanting to bolt, but stick around, like its heroine does, and you'll be surprised by and drawn into this director's sick but quite relatable vision.

November 21, 2011 | Full Review…

David Noh
Film Journal International
"Rid of Me" is a dud.

November 16, 2011 | Rating: D | Full Review…

Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
Director James Westby breathes life in the suburban satire (hipsters don't come off that well either) and also brings a caffeinated jolt to micro-budget Northwestern filmmaking.

May 1, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com