
A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.... (Full plot summary below)
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A movie-theater employee adjusts to a new life after the cinema he worked at for over 25 years is forced to shut down.
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| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerA small film with a big heart, Federcio Veiroj's tale of a beleaguered cinematheque and its life-shy film programmer, is a charming ode to the big screen. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussDedicated to cinephiles everywhere, this pocket-vest valentine of a film examines the comforts and limits of movie love. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonA beautiful representation of innocence and naivety. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsThe film is short, at 67 minutes, but teasing, mazy, memorable. |
| sbs.com.auSimon FosterA Useful Life exists for filmgoers to feel good about being filmgoers; to provide validation for all those romantic notions movie lovers entertain as they sit in the dark for huge chunks of their (our) lives. |
| New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisShot in color but produced in edible, Oreo-toned black and white, A Useful Life transitions seamlessly from indoors to outdoors, from nostalgia to hope. |
| CineVueJoseph WalshAn intriguing film that raises some interesting issues about the future of exhibition in the digital, mainstream-centric age, whilst not completely working as a piece of dramatic cinema in its own right. |
| Observer (UK)Philip FrenchThose who enjoy this elegiac film will enjoy it very much. I did. |
| Time OutDave Calhoun[A] short, sweet, slow-tempo Uruguayan film... |
| Sight and SoundMar Diestro-DópidoExhilaratingly idiosyncratic, Veiroj's film is ultimately an ode to the blind faith in the transformative power of film. |