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A disarmingly tender look at young adult ennui, this Shithouse don't stink. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.

Rating:

R (Drug/Alcohol Use|Sexual Content|Language Throughout)
Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Cooper Raiff
Producer:

Divi Crockett, Cooper Raiff, Will Youmans
Writer:

Cooper Raiff
Release Date (Theaters):

Oct 16, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 16, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA):

$18.1K
Runtime:

1h 42m
Production Co:

CMR Productions

Cast & Crew

Cooper Raiff
Alex

Dylan Gelula
Maggie

Amy Landecker
Mom

Logan Miller
Sam

Olivia Welch
Jesse

Abby Quinn
Georgia

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Critic Reviews for Shithouse

All Critics (57) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (55) | Rotten (2)

Raiff's film is a DIY marvel.

October 30, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Jake Coyle
Associated Press
Through cinematographer Rachel Klein's intimate lens that values long takes and close-ups, Raiff on the whole transposes a youthful world on to the screen, adorned with profound existential worries of early adulthood.

October 16, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Tomris Laffly
RogerEbert.com
It's a warming, energizing film, measured in its technical approach... and deeply compassionate toward its likable characters.

October 16, 2020 | Full Review…

Richard Lawson
Vanity Fair
There's real potential in this scrappy first feature.

October 16, 2020 | Full Review…

Peter Debruge
Variety
Even decades later, one can clearly remember the highs and lows, the small joys and the big heartaches, and "S-house" brings them home - whether you like it or not.

October 15, 2020 | Full Review…

Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
Raiff deserves credit for an unexpectedly elliptical coda, but much of the chatter between the leads has the emo-tedium of dorm room blather.

October 15, 2020 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
The title certainly does not convey how actually sweet and nuanced this college-level character drama really is.

January 28, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
The way the characters in the film talk and act is ... so real that it sometimes gets to be hard to watch ...

January 27, 2021 | Full Review…

Fletcher Powell
KMUW - Wichita Public Radio
With the exception of an unnecessary and overly neat epilogue, Shithouse is an unforced, patient and unpredictable first film.

January 13, 2021 | Full Review…

David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Revels in its DIY ethos.

January 5, 2021 | Full Review…

Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia
Like a low-budget, college version of "Before Sunrise," but with characters that aren't nearly as interesting. Despite that, the film hits absolute perfection when it comes to portraying an accurate, authentic college experience

December 22, 2020 | Rating: 3 / 5 | Full Review…

Louisa Moore
Screen Zealots
Shithouse is overflowing with empathy. That it manages to consistently be humorous amidst that empathy is a reward for audiences.

December 4, 2020 | Full Review…

Andrew Kendall
Stabroek News