This wanna-be neonoir ends up being as half-committed to its goals as its protagonist.
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08/02/07
If I Didn't Care (2007)
37 %
Reviews Counted: 19 Fresh: 7 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Synopsis: This thriller from Benjamin and Orson Cummings evokes classic film noir with its plot of murder, deceit, and betrayal. Bill Sage (SIMPLE MEN) plays a husband who is desperate for an heir, and he's quickly taken in by a femme fatale (Susie Misner). IF I DIDN'T CARE also costars Hollywood legend... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Bill Sage, Susie Misner, Roy Scheider, Noelle Beck, Ronald Guttman
Director: Benjamin Cummings, Orson Cummings
Screenwriter: Benjamin Cummings, Orson Cummings
Producer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson Cummings
Composer: Michael Tremante
Screenwriter: Benjamin Cummings, Orson Cummings
Producer: Benjamin Cummings, Orson Cummings
Composer: Michael Tremante
Reviews
1 - 19 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top Critic
This noir murder story starts off with wandering aim and gets its sights lined up only slightly.
10/27/07
There actually is much to like in If I Didn't Care, bits and pieces that might have come together in a way that's more satisfying, but instead it just feels haphazardly tossed together.
10/26/07
Top Critic
... this snappy little thriller has many virtues but is terribly compromised by some really awful plotting.
10/24/07
'Hitchcockian' is the less than lilting compliment used to hype this Long Island noir.
09/28/07
Top Critic
The Kingdom is ostensibly set in Saudi Arabia but it's really a fantasy action game about winning the war in Iraq.
09/27/07
The ending offers a bit of a surprise, but overall events are pretty much telegraphed, but not as fast in transmission. The running time is not much more than an hour, but it seems much, much longer.
09/27/07
While Davis' will is generally apathetic, and its results seemingly accidental, the film reinforces Linus' argument in another, more painfully stereotypical way, when the underclass takes revenge.
08/16/07
...the film is notable for its picturesque Hamptons locations and the brevity of its 75-minute running time.
08/15/07
Top Critic
If I Didn’t Care doesn’t sympathize with its depraved protagonists. Instead, it allows us to rejoice in the guilty pleasure of watching a misguided ship of passion sink.
08/08/07
Doesn't dig too deeply into its stock characters, but the whole thing moves so quickly and efficiently, it's over before you notice.
08/03/07
Lazy little thriller about murder in the Hamptons aspires to update classic noir situations and characters but falls sadly short.
08/03/07
This 75-minute film plays like a sketchy hybrid of a Columbo episode and Body Heat. It even includes a soupçon of philosophy.
08/03/07
Top Critic
Aside from Sage, the most compelling presence in the film is the neighborhood real estate.
08/02/07
Top Critic
A tight, surprising little thriller that strongly captures the bogus appeal of life in the Hamptons.
08/01/07
The Cummings boys paint themselves into the proverbial corner with a cop-out ex machina ending -- at which point there is no longer a need for the title's If.
07/31/07
Let us praise If I Didn't Care for living up to its title: You will not see another film this year made with so little ambition.
07/29/07
Who better to write about murder in the Hamptons than a pair of brothers who live there all year 'round?
07/28/07
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