Jamie Marks Is Dead

2014

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Mystery

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 44% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 44% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 2894 2.9K

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Plot summary

No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

Director

Carter Smith Photo
Carter Smith

Top cast

Andrew Polk Photo
Andrew Polk as Mr. Motes
Liv Tyler Photo
Liv Tyler as Linda McCormick
Judy Greer Photo
Judy Greer as Lucy Hall
Ryan Munzert Photo
Ryan Munzert as Aaron McCormick
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753.16 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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1.55 GB
1904*800
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by adi_2002 5 / 10

Jamie Marks should stay dead

Reviewed by stein-elliottd 4 / 10

Good cinematography, but what even happened?

I'll start by giving credit where it is due here: There are some really good shots, and the soundtrack also fits them pretty well. In this sense, I can see the artistic value of the film.That being said, I felt like a lot of context was missing when it came to the story/characters. There were a lot of things that just left me asking "Wait, wtf is happening?" as a watcher who hasn't read the original novel. And maybe with that context, it would have been better, but having watched this expecting an experience with no prior research required, it fell very short. I couldn't figure out the lore of this world when it comes to ghosts, etc. If there even was any. I did appreciate those moments of stereotypical but effective hints in small details, but there seemed to be so much extra added here with absolutely no context to add any emotional depth to the story itself. It was a sort of "I want to like this but the only merits are in the aesthetics of shots and the use of music, I am not actually feeling any emotion for anyone throughout the duration of this story (apart from annoyance and confusion)."At least it wasn't painfully long; I just kept hoping for something more than what was given. It might just be my personality, but no character was relatable. (And I'm not talking about the stereotypical Hollywood sense; I legitimately just found these portrayals unrealistic and forced, with no explanation and minimal to no context as to what the dynamics were to establish a lot of the "conflicts" that arise in the film.)The book is probably better, because I can see where there was potential here, but the script, in my opinion, was mostly a waste of my time. At least I did get the nice music and pretty visuals, but still.
Reviewed by nixon-guzman 7 / 10

An inspiring story. Underrated

This is truly an inspiring story about something more than just being a teenage and how hard can it be for some people. It teaches us that we can find a true friend in the most unlikely of places, that that friend can be someone we never expected. Maybe, if we go deeper, this could be a way to tell us to not waist our time waiting for the right moment, because that moment is now, at every hour, at every minute, at every second.It's not really a horror movie, but a sad coming-of-age one, with a fantastic and touching storyline, well-played characters and a peaceful soundtrack that makes it slow sometimes but never boring.
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