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Survival Skills
Directed by
Quinn Armstrong
Not Rated
2020
84m
Drama
,
Comedy
5.7
88%
56%
5.4
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Survival Skills is a lost training video from the 1980s. In it, Jim, the perfect policeman, gets in over his head when he tries to resolve a domestic violence case outside the law.
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Cast of Survival Skills
Stacy Keach
The Narrator
Vayu O'Donnell
Jim Williams
Spencer Garrett
The Chief
Ericka Kreutz
Allison Lohmann
Tyra Colar
Jenny
Emily Chisholm
Leah Jenning
Bradford Farwell
Mark Jenning
Madeline Anderson
Lauren Jenning
R. Hamilton Wright
Jim's Dad
Alex Matthews
Howard
Kyle Love
Hoby
Quinn Armstrong
Director / Writer
Colin West
Producer
Michael Orion Downing
Producer
C. Leigh Goldsmith
Production Design
Allie Schultz
Director Of Photography
Rachel Kinnard
Costume Design
Megan Hebert
Makeup Department Head
Curtis K Case
Second Second Assistant Director
Ryan N. Taylor
Second Assistant Director
Survival Skills Ratings & Reviews
In Review Online
Steven Warner
Armstrong has an ace up his sleeve in the film's final ten minutes, removing a lot of the inherent, palate-deadening bitterness in the process.
Nightmare on Film Street
Jonathan DeHaan
Quinn Armstrong perfectly recreates the feeling of an over-produced (half-baked) instructional video that thinks the world's complicated problems are as simple as programming a Toshiba VCR
What To Watch
Amelia Emberwing
Quinn Armstrong's Survival Skills is a peculiar film. It's adequately made, to be sure, and there's something to be said for the 80s safety guide style of yore. It just doesn't seem be sure what it's trying to say.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
A head trip that shoots off into unexpected and topical directions.
Slant Magazine
Mark Hanson
Survival Skills feels like something you'd stumble upon on Adult Swim circa 2014, sandwiched between Too Many Cooks and reruns of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Should I See It
Michael Ward
The movie lost me, never completely creating a cohesive experience that made me see any value in all the histrionics (writer/director Quinn) Armstrong puts viewers through.
Austin Chronicle
Richard Whittaker
None of this would work without a stunning and nuanced performance by O'Donnell.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
Makes a very serious social statement in an entertaining and inventive way.
CBR
Reuben Baron
Survival Skills reminds one of the sort of twisted "infomercials" Adult Swim airs at 4 a.m. As the movie slowly drags it way to an hour and a half, it becomes extra clear why Adult Swim's programming sticks to 11- to 22-minute runtimes.
Cinema76
Dan Scully
A few segments go so dark for so long that the film effectively becomes a drama...only to snap back into absurdism.
Screen Zealots
Louisa Moore
A love-it-or-hate-it film that serves up a brazen critique of the corruption and toxic culture present in some law enforcement organizations, in the most creative way possible.
Film Daze
Katie Duggan
While still finding its footing, Armstrong's style is freaky, funny, and a bit foreboding. The distinct mix of tones and visual aesthetics signal that he is an imagination to watch out for; there is surely more weirdness from where this came from.
The Spool
Clint Worthington
"The training-film aesthetic offers plenty of opportunities to employ some inventive, pitch-black satire about American law enforcement."
Boston Hassle
Oscar Goff
Survival Skills is one of the most original comedies in ages- though you may spend more time gasping than laughing.
Gayly Dreadful
Terry Mesnard
[Survival Skills] is a more complicated film. Through a lens of familial abuse, it examines the way the institutions created to keep us safe spectacularly fail us.
AIPT
Nathaniel Muir
Playing off VHS nostalgia, the movie actually has a powerful message to deliver. Great performances and a unique apporach.
The Film Stage
Jared Mobarak
Surreal comedy turns into surreal horror as hope buckles under futility's weight.
Film Threat
Alex Saveliev
Think David Lynch meets Charlie Kaufman on a dime budget.
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