How to Make the Cruelest Month

How to Make the Cruelest Month
How to Make the Cruelest Month
Directed by	Kip Koenig
Written by	Kip Koenig
Produced by	;
Starring	Clea DuVall
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Jeff Martin
Release date	January 16, 1998 (Sundance Film Festival);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

How to Make the Cruelest Month is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Kip Koenig and starring Clea DuVall.

Cast[]

Clea DuVall as Bell Bryant
Gabriel Mann as Leonard Crane
J.D. Souther as Uncle Jerry
Mary Kay Place as Mary Bryant
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Christina Parks
Dennis Haysbert as Manhattan Parks
John Voskamp as Fryer Crane
Amy Smart as Dot Bryant
James Duval as Westy
Jorja Fox as Sarah Bryant
Christopher Gartin as Dr. Rutledge
Fred Weller as Rickey

Release and reception[]

How to Make the Cruelest Month premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival,^[1] where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It won the Best of Fest prize at the 1998 .

Writing for Variety, Emanuel Levy gave the film a mixed review. He praised the director's ideas and characters, as well as his sensitivity to the issues faced by young Americans. He drew comparisons between the film and Woody Allen's early films ("in spirit and ambition, if not in execution"). He enjoyed DuVall's performance, although said it was "occasionally too intensely mannered", and praised the rest of the cast. However, Levy also described the film as uneven, with a "messy structure and lack of discipline".^[2]

References[]

^ "CMJ FilmFest: Thin On Docs, Big On Names", indieWIRE, SnagFilms, November 4, 1998, retrieved February 17, 2011
^ Levy, Emanuel (January 20, 1998), "How to Make the Cruelest Month", Variety, Reed Business Information, retrieved February 17, 2011

External links[]

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[indiewire-1] "CMJ FilmFest: Thin On Docs, Big On Names", indieWIRE, SnagFilms, November 4, 1998, retrieved February 17, 2011

[variety-2] Levy, Emanuel (January 20, 1998), "How to Make the Cruelest Month", Variety, Reed Business Information, retrieved February 17, 2011

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