Sokolov creates a rather crazy black comedy where pulp violence and unexpected turns are the ideal excuse to narrate, behind closed doors, the misadventures of a Russian family corrupted by dysfunctionality. Full review in Spanish

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 28, 2022

Between violent atrocities meted out with shotguns, power tools and the like, the exclamatory debut feature from Russian writer/director/editor Kirill Sokolov plays bracingly fast and loose with audience expectations.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 15, 2021

Derivative, yet good gory fun...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 10, 2021

Why Don't You Just Die? is a wildly successful debut film for Sokolov.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 15, 2021

This extravagantly violent Russian comedy thriller is tremendous fun.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 15, 2021

Kuznetsov has more than a passing resemblance ot rapper Macklemore and nearly as much charisma.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

[The film] wears its heart very much on its sleeve, splicing cartoonish levels of ultraviolence with darkly comedic characterisation and a steady supply of comeuppance for its worst offenders.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 23, 2020

It's a blend of dark nihilism and Scandinavian absurdism. You'll probably wince and laugh simultaneously.

| Jul 23, 2020

The bloody, bubbly dynamism and humour stop it ever feeling contrived, even though the film's theatrical set-up is overt with every element choreographed to perfection.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 26, 2020

Mean, nasty, bloody, violent, funny, vicious, unexpected, twisted, vengefulwhat a Looney Tunes cartoon might look like in the real-life-if the Coyote actually exploded or Elmer Fudd really blasted Daffy Duck point-blank in the face with a shotgun.

| Original Score: A- | Jun 25, 2020

[W]hen a filmmaker uses the limitations to their advantage to create an incredible blend of action, comedy and dark twisted humour that rivals that of any big studio production, you have one hell of a film on your hands.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 26, 2020

Kirill Sokolov's debut feature Why Don't You Just Die! demonstrates that same energy and spark found within Pulp Fiction, with added live-action cartoon levels of violence and humour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2020

Offering wall-to-wall gore and super-stylised visuals, this bloody chamber piece is not for the squeamish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 6, 2020

A rip-roaring, bloody slice of Russian genre cinema that combines a tightly plotted narrative with a stylish command of craft to hugely entertaining, immersive effect.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 5, 2020

Nothing more than a smirking, sardonically grisly game, but on that admittedly low level, it works.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 30, 2020

Sokolov and his team seem to be students of the craft, and it's an absolute blast seeing them bash their way through the walls of Russian cinema to make something of their own.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 28, 2020

It's a movie where you will know pretty quickly whether it's going to be for you or not. I liked it right away.

| Apr 24, 2020

It's simultaneously so bloody and gory, but there is a simplicity and a playfulness to the structure... A lot of fun, but definitely not for the squeamish.

| Apr 24, 2020

What wins me over here -- more than the style, the violence, and the indulgence of it -- really are the performances.

| Apr 24, 2020

[Director Kirill] Sokolov's antic sense of humor helps it go down easy.

| Apr 23, 2020