At least, The Death of Dick Long is a homecoming for the Alabamian Scheinert that uses his warped view of the place to create a glowing nostalgia and a strong vision for American Indie cinema.

| Sep 20, 2023

The film mostly works thanks to the cast, who make the characters sympathetic, believable and worth spending time with.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 3, 2023

The Death of Dick Long is an interesting diversion for most of its running time, but it's hard not to feel like the filmmakers could have done more with the concept.

| Feb 17, 2021

Easily the best move ever made about an Alabama-based Nickelback cover band. The less said, the better. Just know, this movie never makes the unexpected choice.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 26, 2020

The Death of Dick Long may rely too much on novelty but wins goodwill with its complete assuredness, juxtaposing jaw-dropping shocks with delightfully mundane characters and setting.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2020

It isn't the easiness that prevents it from landing. It's the lack of irony, the sense of a film being stuck in a bubble and only thriving inside it.

| Jan 17, 2020

There's a swarth of idiocy running through this so-called dark comedy, but for the most part it fails at being what I had hoped for: funny.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 28, 2019

Scheinert and Chew's poor-dumb-redneck free-for-all is rescued by its players.

| Oct 19, 2019

One of the funniest movies I've seen this year.

| Oct 12, 2019

Put indelicately via double entendre: The Death of Dick Long will make you laugh yourself hoarse.

| Original Score: 8.2/10 | Oct 8, 2019

It might have worked as a short film -- in fact, it could have made a great one -- but as a feature film, it feels like it's stretched way too thin. The movie is not as funny as it thinks it is, though it is perhaps a good deal meaner.

| Original Score: 46/100 | Oct 7, 2019

But boy do things get unexpectedly dark, and it may be the nature of those surprises that color your opinion of the film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 6, 2019

[The Death of Dick Long] strikes a far more authentic balance, even though the film itself never quite lands on a similar balance when it comes to driving its point all the way home.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Oct 4, 2019

A lovely film about what you do when you've done something that is unforgivable.

| Oct 4, 2019

Go into this film as blind as possible and be prepared to laugh, as well as cringe in disgust, upon learning the truth of how Dick Long dies.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 2, 2019

[For] those willing to take the plunge into the animalistically risqué unknown, The Death of Dick Long gallops to the finish line with authoritative tenacity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 2, 2019

In The Death of Dick Long, things get really sad. And for more puritanical viewers, it will be hard for that sadness to find willing purchase.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 30, 2019

The Death of Dick Long is a solidly fun and fascinating film.

| Sep 29, 2019

The Death of Dick Long is a warped Alabama backwoods narrative that is earnest in its depiction of depravity and anguish.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 28, 2019

Does have some laughs, but ultimately, poor Richard's death is more than a joke, and his strange legacy casts a lengthy shadow worth pondering.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 28, 2019