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On the Count of Three (2021)

On the Count of Three poster
Directed by
Jerrod Carmichael
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 125 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two best friends agree to die together by suicide. They set out to settle old scores on their last day, but one of them begins to reconsider.

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What happens

On the Count of Three is a 2021 American dark comedy drama film directed by Jerrod Carmichael (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch. It stars Carmichael and Christopher Abbott as two best friends who make a suicide pact and spend their final day taking care of unfinished business, with one taking out his violent and hedonistic desires whilst the other learns to value life. The supporting cast includes Tiffany Haddish, J. B. Smoove, Lavell Crawford, and Henry Winkler. On the Count of Three had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in select theaters and on-demand by Annapurna Pictures and Orion Pictures through United Artists Releasing on May 13, 2022. It received generally positive reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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