Jamie Marks Is Dead 2014

Dennis Harvey, Variety: The potentially ludicrous story is handled artfully enough here to cast an eerie but not off-putting spell throughout, though the ultimate point is more than a tad murky, and the desired poignancy doesn't fully come across. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: A sincere, psychologically savvy take on YA supernatural fare. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: "Jamie Marks Is Dead" admirably refuses to hew to conventional horror tropes and is acted with integrity by its young performers, but the film nonetheless has a nagging pulse problem. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Writer-director Carter Smith got his start as a successful fashion photographer. But you wouldn't know it from the murky look of this generic thriller. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Temperate in tone but screaming with subtext, "Jamie Marks Is Dead" climbs above the current glut of supernaturally inclined entertainment by dint of a hushed unease that permeates almost every frame. Read more

Aaron Hillis, Village Voice: The film uses its phantasmagoric conceit, a sickly-hued poetry, and eerie sound design to build metaphors for closeted homoeroticism and melancholic unfulfillment. Read more