The Darwin Awards (2006)

Directed by

Finn Taylor

Genre

independent film, road movie, romantic comedy, black comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 181 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An insurance investigator investigates bizarre accidental deaths and suicides that are nominated for the Darwin Awards. He teams up with a quirky female detective to look into a series of unusual claims.

comedicquirkydarkly funnymockumentary-stylewhimsicallightheartedoffbeatsatirical

What happens

The Darwin Awards is a 2006 American adventure comedy film based on the website of the same name written and directed by Finn Taylor, the film premiered January 25, 2006, at the Sundance Film Festival. The film features Joseph Fiennes, Winona Ryder, David Arquette, Juliette Lewis, Wilmer Valderrama, Chris Penn, Julianna Margulies, Robin Tunney, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Brad Hunt, Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and Metallica. This was Penn's last film appearance before his death on January 24, 2006, the day before the film's premiere, and Ryder's first feature film since 2002. The film includes several full and partial re-enactments of "Darwin Awards", the earliest of which were fictitious, most notably the debunked JATO Rocket Car story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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