Jerrod Carmichael has found his niche in On the Count of Three. He takes this script with confidence and quite frankly, directs the hell out of it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2024

On the Count of Three has a number of interesting ideas at play. While the film doesn’t always work, the performances of Carmichael and Abbott are enough to see it through to the end.

| May 23, 2024

On the Count of Three is nothing more than a superficial character drama with some neat 35mm cinematography...

| Original Score: C- | Mar 6, 2024

The script beautifully differentiates the importance between wanting to die and seeing no other alternative. Emphasizing the characters' state of mind somewhat inadvertently makes us understand that suicide is never a solution .

| Jul 25, 2023

By writing it with extreme care and responsibility, the predictable yet impactful ending doesn’t leave a margin for doubts about what’s right or wrong. Everyone deals with the bad moments in life differently, but life is always worth living.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 24, 2023

[The film] propels us forward for an eighty-six-minute thrill ride with tension constantly being ratcheted up for what seems like a perpetually postponed release. It's a wake-up call that's unafraid to acknowledge the complexity of existential terror.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 6, 2023

Simultaneously funny, depressing, and life-affirming, On the Count of Three isn’t a macabre masterpiece like, say, Barry, but it scratches a similar itch.

| Dec 14, 2022

The bickering, bantering, ride-or-die dynamic between the exceptional Abbott and the devastatingly understated Carmichael is captivating to watch.

| Oct 16, 2022

Very well acted, with a refreshingly dark sense of humour and briskly paced, the film impresses on a number of levels.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 6, 2022

A thoughtful drama has both the look and feels of one of the American indie flicks of the early 1990s that begat the Tarantinos and Jamusches of the world, all grungy locales and thought-out dialogue...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 4, 2022

A dark, diverting, surprisingly thoughtful squib of a film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2022

It treats the provocative subject matter with appropriate gravity, to its credit, but can't shake the too-cute studio comedy structure that ultimately makes this a bit of a feathered fish.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 30, 2022

Two mutually suicidal best friends take their final day for a spin in an off-centre meditation on what really matters.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 28, 2022

On the Count of Three still has merit in its study on mental health, but, perhaps for the sake of entertainment, it feels a little too restrictive and ironically scared in embracing a mentality that speaks to showcasing honesty.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 28, 2022

The chemistry between the leads is stellar and Carmichael gives us a confident debut. Just wish the script didn't end up where it did. It's still a brave film that examines suicidality, sprinkling it with genuine pathos and dark comedy that mostly works.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 6, 2022

Often austere and grim, On The Count of Three, incredibly, is also often quite funny. It marks a fine directorial debut from Jerrod Carmichael, and he and Christopher Abbot keep the mood spiked with levity even as their characters stare down finality.

| Aug 17, 2022

… a magnificent representation of mental health, life-long friendship, the nature of masculinity, and an exercise in catharsis.

| Original Score: 19/20 | Aug 13, 2022

Finding light in the darkest places isn’t an easy task, yet Carmichael manages it in a (mostly) successful manner and delivers a stark, yet affecting, black comedy with real heart and conviction.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jul 25, 2022

There’s a sometimes uncomfortable tension between strained comedy and the more organic, emotional parts of the film. But Carmichael’s direction saves this.

| Jun 21, 2022

A hard-to-watch dramedy about suicide.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 2, 2022