The Mortician

Audience Reviews

View More

04/02/2023 It’s not a bad movie, but it is extremely SLOW! Halfway in (45 minutes), and absolutely nothing substantive happened or led me to feel like my time was well-invested in this movie. It does pick up in the last 30 minutes to where the semblance of a plot develops, but still, nothing exciting. I’m certain that if you knew which parts to watch, you could view this movie efficiently and get all it has to offer in about 25 minutes. I would say this movie qualifies as 90% drama and 10% thriller. If you are looking for something engaging that will hold your attention, this is definitely not the movie to watch. See more 12/07/2020 Interesting mood and enjoyed the unexpected See more 04/16/2019 Maybe it's because I am a Mother who did work hard to raise my son, that I appreciate the emphasis of this movie. Although I didn't work in these Mother's field, I still connected and felt the pain of he young boys. Even though it was a bit chunky, between the good acting and the music, I felt it was damn good. See more 03/07/2017 The Mortician (Method Man) is a lonely man with a scarred past, the kind of guy who keeps his mind occupied by throwing everything he is into his work. That all changes one night on the way home from work, when he witnesses a crime eerily similar to the one that made him the way he is. The Mortician is content to try to ignore what he saw, until he comes to realize it directly involves the young man he is mentoring and that inaction could destroy another family. This film was a bit of a surprise to me, in that it wasn't the horror film I was expecting. The preview made this film seem like it was horror, as do the title and cover art, not to mention it's on Lionsgate, which has become synonymous with B-movie horror in recent years. Perhaps the even bigger surprise was the star of the film, Method Man. Every single time I have seen him in a film, he's playing some thug or gang banger, so I figured that he was just another one of these rappers that Hollywood uses when they need to fill that type of role, but I was wrong. Despite the ridiculousness of a man who is nearly fifty years old still calling himself, Method Man, he can legitimately act. In fact, this film is quite dark and slow moving, even boring at times, but Method Man and the unique traits of his character, were the most interesting aspect of this film. Maybe I'm rating the film a bit higher than I should be, then again, my expectations were extremely low. The Mortician isn't a horror film and it doesn't move at a quick enough pace to even be labeled a thriller. The story is a decent one, albeit one that takes forever to get going, and the acting is much better than I would have expect from this cast. The Mortician wouldn't be my first choice by any means, but if you have the opportunity, I wouldn't skip it either. See more 11/01/2013 a good story and average acting. Its one of them stories that would motivate u to get some things goin in your life :) See more walter m @Harlequin68 07/13/2013 While everything else is falling apart around him in a city, The Mortician(Method Man) goes to work dutifully and punctually, even with all the threats and violence, while taking special interest in one dead body. As far as live ones go, he has little interest except that of a friendly prostitute and grateful customers for his taxidermy work. So, as you can imagine, good help can be hard to find, as Noah(EJ Bonilla) has to work in the morgue as a condition of his parole. "The Mortician" has some of the elements of a decent B-thriller, starting with the title character's look and the urban decay all around him that is almost but not quite apocalyptic which I was thinking at first could be metaphorically New Orleans or Detroit before learning the movie was actually filmed in New Orleans. But then there is the impossibly bucolic small town that serves as a resolution for a weak psychological subplot. Otherwise, the movie's main mystery plays out in the most perfunctory manner possible. See more Read all reviews

The Mortician

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING