Variety
Nothing spoils a family gathering quite like politics, and no movie has captured the way such debates can turn ugly quite like Ike Barinholtz's "The Oath"...
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The Oath (2018)
Politically charged Thanksgiving dinner comedy written, directed by and starring Ike Barinholtz (Bad Neighbours). Co-stars Girls Trip's Tiffany Haddish.
As the Thanksgiving deadline to sign a loyalty oath to the President approaches, the combination of sparring relatives, Chris’s (Barinholtz) own agitation and the unexpected arrival of two government agents (John Cho and Billy Magnussen) sends an already tense holiday dinner completely off the rails.
2018USA
Comedy
- Director:
- Ike Barinholtz (feature debut)
- Writer:
- Ike Barinholtz
- Cast:
- Ike BarinholtzTiffany HaddishBilly MagnussenJohn ChoCarrie BrownsteinJon BarinholtzMeredith HagnerChris Ellis
The Oath (2018) / Reviews
The New York Times
Mr. Barinholtz has enough cachet to assemble an excellent cast, although he's not as canny about using it.
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The movie's dystopia-meets-family-dinner mix feels like it's building to something bigger than the sum of its rants ... and then it doesn't.
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Los Angeles Times
Wants to have its pie and eat it too - lobbing political hand grenades and then running away, refusing to engage in the consequences the scenarios set up.
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Hollywood Reporter
The film is often hard to take, offering laughs that are rarely cathartic enough to compensate.
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