Synopsis
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Michael Abbott Jr.Zeke Olsen
- Virginia NewcombLydia Olsen
- Andre HylandEarl Wyeth
- Sarah BakerOfficer Dudley
- Jess WeixlerJane Long
- Poppy CunninghamCynthia Olsen
- Roy Wood Jr.Dr. Richter
- Sunita ManiLake Travis
- Janelle CochraneSheriff Spenser
- Ian J. CunninghamOther Doctor
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
"Dick Long,” which stems from Billy Chew’s script, lacks the same abstract weirdness that made “Swiss Army Man” such an indelible cinematic delight. It has more intimate aims — humanizing a couple of brutish morons by mining substance from the silliness, and arriving at the conclusion that crass white-trash stereotypes have feelings, too. - 83
The Playlist
There are no dull moments in this ridiculously brutal, often severely dumb, but enjoyable, film - 80
Film Threat
Scheinert adroitly conveys both the pathos and the humor of the situation. As dumb as the main characters are, the film itself is very clever. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The Death of Dick Long becomes a symphony of stupidity. I say “symphony” because it’s multivoiced and overpowering. That’s part of the movie’s charm, too: You can feel your brain melting away as you watch it, and that’s not always a bad sensation. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It will entertain many, and deserves credit for its generosity to characters who, for all their bad decisions, are more complex than the stereotypes they may appear to be. - 75
The Film Stage
It may end up playing as a silly lark, but along with dismantling ideas of masculinity, Daniel Scheinert has also created a singularly entertaining crime comedy built on utter idiocy. - 75
Slant Magazine
Daniel Scheinert’s film finds a very human vulnerability lurking beneath the strange and oafish behaviors of its male characters. - 67
The A.V. Club
Billy Chew’s screenplay takes at least one important lesson from the best of both crime movies and small-town portraits: The characters, however minor or ridiculous, seem to lead lives that started well before the movie and will continue long after. Well, except for Dick himself. He’s gone.
