After declaring that he's going to film himself committing suicide for a school project, Archie videotapes his surprising interactions with worried family members, interested classmates, unreliable medical experts and the hottest girl in school.
Acting
Gabriel Sunday's unhinged charisma carries every frame.
Direction
Miller weaponizes cringe into genuine pathos.
Writing
Dialogue that walks a tightrope over very dark water.
Director
David Lee Miller
Gabriel Sunday
Archibald Holden Buster Williams
David Carradine
Vargas
Mariel Hemingway
Charlotte Silver
Joe Mantegna
Dr. Chandrasakar
Brooke Nevin
Sierra Silver
Nora Dunn
Gretchen Williams
Michael Welch
Earl
Sandy Martin
Mrs. Ellis
Vanessa Lengies
Mallory
Tony Hale
Carmelo Peters - LCSW
Dree Hemingway
Christian Girl #2
Zachary Ray Sherman
Corey
Tim Halligan
Coleman Silver
Robert Kurcz
Daryl Williams
Steven Anthony Lawrence
Brainiac
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was David Carradine's final released film before his death in 2009, adding an accidental haunting layer to his character's mentorship of Archie.
Shot in 2006 but delayed three years, it predicted the confessional YouTube era before '13 Reasons Why' made teen suicide mainstream discourse.
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