
In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks is found by the river. Adam, the star of his cross-country team, becomes fascinated with Jamie-a boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamie's ghost begins to appear both to Adam and Gracie, the classmate who discovered the body, Adam is caught between two worlds. He has a budding romance with Gracie, but he also feels a deep connection to Jamie, who brings him closer ... (Full plot summary below)
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In a wintry small town, the body of a teenager named Jamie Marks is found by the river. Adam, the star of his cross-country team, becomes fascinated with Jamie-a boy nobody really knew or interacted with, except occasionally to bully him. When Jamie's ghost begins to appear both to Adam and Gracie, the classmate who discovered the body, Adam is caught between two worlds. He has a budding romance with Gracie, but he also feels a deep connection to Jamie, who brings him closer to the world of the undead.
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| The Film StageJordan RaupIt may have more brains behind it than The Ruins, but hopefully Smith can find material truly worthy of his technical talents with his next feature. |
| Sight and SoundAnton BitelJamie's death [is] a shifting, formative influence on Gracie and Adam's future life. Smith conjures this bizarre love triangle without recourse to any special effects, and maintains a wintry melancholy throughout. |
| Rage MonthlyFr. Chris CarpenterIt is rare for a film to be creepy, sexy and deeply moving, all at the same time. Filmmaker Carter Smith walks an impressive high wire act. (Interview with Smith included.) |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJamie Marks Is Dead admirably refuses to hew to conventional horror tropes and is acted with integrity by its young performers, but the film nonetheless has a nagging pulse problem. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoCameron Smith finds redemption in Jamie Marks Is Dead, an unconventional paranormal story about accepting fate and moving on - no matter how the road ahead is paved. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeBeing haunted by a ghost here is less like a horror movie than like many of the other secrets teenagers share -- working out matters of life and death that no one around them has a clue about. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyThe potentially ludicrous story is handled artfully enough here to cast an eerie but not off-putting spell throughout, though the ultimate point is more than a tad murky, and the desired poignancy doesn’t fully come across. |
| RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaThis not-quite-horror movie is so indulgently languorous — some might describe it as poetic and mournful while those who are less kind would dismiss it as plodding and downright depressing — it is likely to test the patience of many viewers. |
| Film ThreatBrian TallericoIt's a film that I liked more when no one was speaking, getting into the atmosphere of this world without having to deal with the awkward plotting within it. |
| Village VoiceAaron HillisThere are too many vaguely defined interpersonal dynamics and marginal characters (hi, Liv Tyler and Judy Greer!) that distract needlessly from the earnest tone of an outrageous set-up. |