ASHBY is a coming of age/approaching death comedy drama. A seventeen-year-old kid (Ed) trying to understand who he wants to be in the world, befriends a terminally ill ex-CIA contract killer (Ashby) who is trying to make peace with his life and God before he goes. 'Making peace' might just entail killing three old bosses who have tricked him into breaching his strange moral code.... (Full plot summary below)
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ASHBY is a coming of age/approaching death comedy drama. A seventeen-year-old kid (Ed) trying to understand who he wants to be in the world, befriends a terminally ill ex-CIA contract killer (Ashby) who is trying to make peace with his life and God before he goes. 'Making peace' might just entail killing three old bosses who have tricked him into breaching his strange moral code.
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| VarietyDennis HarveyMcNamara’s second directorial feature (following 2003’s Aussie “The Rage in Placid Lake,” another teenage-misfits-make-good comedy) winds up a poorly mixed bowl of mismatched ingredients that is nonetheless tepidly, forgettably digestible. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfAs uneven as the movie is, it does manage to find a few pockets of compelling behavior to explore. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohA smart, funny, and fresh variation on an age-old cinema trope is sparked by Mickey Rourke's richest performance to date. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe ambition outpaces the execution of this coming-of-age drama. |
| Common Sense MediaS. Jhoanna RobledoComplex, violent comedy explores friendship and mortality. |
| The PlaylistKate ErblandMcNamara attempts to keep the movie ticking right along, and for all its half-cocked plotlines, Ashby is able to maintain a consistently humorous and light tone. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA winning film about reconciling one's self-image with reality. |
| Village VoicePete Vonder HaarIt doesn't hurt to have excellent support from the likes of Emma Roberts (as Ed's love interest Eloise) and Sarah Silverman, surprisingly winning as Ed's affection-starved mother. But it's Wolff and Rourke who have to carry the load, and for the most part they do. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumChris BumbrayCharming coming-of-age story with good performances by Wolff and Rourke, even if the later is a bit too muscle-bound and coiffed to accept as a dying hit-man. |
| Examiner.comTravis Hopson"Ashby" is engaging enough, and features strong performances by Rourke and Roberts, but it's not a film that will linger on the mind for very long. |
