A flavorful snack of a documentary (Entertainment Weekly), I LIKE KILLING FLIES is a hearty tribute to the quick-witted, cantankerous chef whose Greenwich Village restaurant, Shopsin s, has become a New York legend. With more than 900 items on its menu, all made from scratch in a tiny kitchen humming with improvised Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, Shopsin s has long been a quirky gem of New York food culture. But the fame belongs to the chef of Kenny Shopsin himself--a raffi... (Full plot summary below)
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A flavorful snack of a documentary (Entertainment Weekly), I LIKE KILLING FLIES is a hearty tribute to the quick-witted, cantankerous chef whose Greenwich Village restaurant, Shopsin s, has become a New York legend. With more than 900 items on its menu, all made from scratch in a tiny kitchen humming with improvised Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, Shopsin s has long been a quirky gem of New York food culture. But the fame belongs to the chef of Kenny Shopsin himself--a raffish cook enforcing his own rules, presiding over patrons, and famously claiming that customers have to first prove that they re OK to feed. Now, after occupying the same city corner for over three decades, the eatery loses its lease--and Kenny, his wife, and their children must find a new place to set up shop. Directed by Matt Mahurin, this bitingly funny comedy follows a prickly, profanity-prone man seeking to preserve his dream; it dishes up bites of wisdom along the way, ultimately serving both a hilarious trip and a charming slice of New York history.
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| Detroit NewsTom LongIt celebrates individuality, hidden artistry, uncelebrated brilliance and the essence of the American spirit and is a general gas to watch. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe result is an unabashedly home-cooked homage to New York eccentricity. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss AnthonyAs oddly direct and quirky as its title. Its audio track would play great on "This American Life." |
| Detroit Free PressJohn MonaghanThe security-camera visuals and intrusive button microphone jutting into the frame give the movie an appealing fly-on-the-wall quality, successfully capturing the old Shopsin's experience for posterity. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe self-taught man behind the griddle, his wife, Eve, and their five seen-it-all kids emerge as the ensemble of the year. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA colorful and offbeat documentary about Kenny Shopsin, a cook, entrepreneur, and raconteur in a popular Greenwich Village restaurant. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghShopsin is a small piece of New York history, and Mahurin's film is the portrait he deserves: small, noisy and oddly engaging beneath the bluster. |
| Slant MagazineNick SchagerMatt Mahurin's I Like Killing Flies utilizes extreme close-ups (sometimes with microphones in clear view) to create an appealingly informal aesthetic of proximity. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenViewers will either like it, as I did, or hate it, based on Kenny Shopsin's abrasive, but fascinating personality. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe food looks scrumptious and the video is carried along through the strength of the idiosyncratic and blustery chef. |
