The Mortician (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 02 Apr 2013
• Country: United Kingdom
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211353/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_mortician
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 89 min
• Writer: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
• Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts
• Cast: Method Man, Dash Mihok, E.J. Bonilla
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	4.9/10
	30% – Critics
	30% – Audience

The Mortician Storyline

THE MORTICIAN is a contemporary urban noir. A redemption tale, the story of a man stepping from darkness into to light, one man’s struggle through the violence and corruption of a dying city where the poor are corralled into lawless ghettos. Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated.He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). A volatile youth working as part of his parole, Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), to the mortuary door. The Mortician’s attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood.Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he’s forced to act. Kane sparks The Mortician’s emotional awakening. They become reluctant allies struggling for redemption. They flee from danger, determined to escape the physical and emotional chains that threaten to imprison them forever.

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The Mortician Movie Reviews

A beautifully crafted example of emotionally powerful cinema.

The Mortician, written and directed by Gareth Maxwell Roberts is a beautifully crafted example of emotionally powerful cinema. The film stars Method Man as a reclusive mortician. Who’s life becomes turned upside down after a chain of events starting with receiving a new porter in the form of an ex-convict named Noah played by E.J. Bonilla. Soon after the body of a young woman with a tattoo of Venus arrives at the morgue and a young boy played by Cruz Santiago starts to repeatedly try to gain access to the building. Meanwhile a local gang leader played by Dash Mihok begins hassling the mortician each day asking if he has seen the young boy around setting the pieces into place to send the soft spoken mortician on a life changing journey that will ultimately force him to face a inner demon that has haunted him since childhood, forcing him out of his defensive shell created out of pain and loneliness.

The first twenty minutes of this film are spent almost solely on character development of the mortician; we are given small glimpses into his day-to-day routines and personality. Quickly you forget its even Method Man on screen and only see the character himself due to his immensely believable performance. A lot of this development is done without dialog due to the reclusive nature of Method Man’s character and instead portrayed through very visually descriptive scenes, often supported by excellent use of music that is relevant to the story, as well as ambient sounds to perfectly create the mood of each scene.

After getting to know the mortician, the movie creeps into the main plot as each of the previously mentioned events start to connect in a very fluent fashion. Watching the mortician grow as the movie progresses from an almost emotionless robot into a big hearted kind human being is nothing shy of breath taking. This film really shines when it comes to invoking a response in the viewer, I found myself continuously becoming genuinely moved by the story that was unfolding in front of me.

The writing is unbelievable in terms of high quality, the relationships between each of the main characters come together so perfectly, and authentic feeling that it is nearly impossible to not feel for their situation. This is especially true when it comes to the relationship between the mortician and Noah, at first, he can only see Noah as a criminal, and in return, Noah only sees the mortician as another person who does not care or understand who he really is or about his situation. The age-old message of never judge a book by its cover is one of many messages one could walk away with after viewing the movie. Each of the plot twists is pulled off flawlessly and the use of subtle hints through out the films build up form the perfect set up for the ending causing me to walk away completely rocked by the power of the films message.

I briefly mentioned the use of music relevant to the story earlier, this is a aspect that continues through out the film and ends up creating one of the best movie soundtracks I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. This is one of those rare movies where the music does not feel like its just there for the sake of being there but instead honestly ads to the overall telling of the story.

While the movie does feature a fair amount of imagery that some may find disturbing it falls more into the category of a gritty drama over any of the other genres it splashes over into. I think many horror fans will also be able to appreciate the macabre and somber tone the film takes on, a very interesting way to tell a story of redemption that is both unique and engaging. – The Liberal Dead

Decent enough downbeat story but not great

A mortician’s life is changed when one day the dead body of a young woman is brought to him; one whose body is decorated with an elaborate tattoo of Sandro Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. This all connects together with a young street boy who continually tries to get access to the morgue, the mortician’s assistant who harasses the boy and a local thug who seeks him.

This downbeat film utilises flashbacks to tell its story. It’s well acted and has a decent atmosphere. However, I can’t say it felt like anything special. The plot line didn’t feel especially original and overall I can’t say the film made much of an impact. It’s a decent movie though, just not a great one.

Not your typical Method Man flick

If there ever was a time for Method Man to credit himself by his real name: Clifford Smith I feel this was the one to do it.

Now don’t get me wrong I think Method Man doing his thing is great (one of the better rappers turned actors for me) but with this one he truly did commit to do something different. And that’s a big reason why I like this movie.

He plays a lone-wolf mortician, a bit of an “social reject” if you will who unwillingly becomes dragged into a messy situation involving the local gang-members.

The poster makes it look to me like more of a horror movie (which it’s definitely not) and the synopsis is not really accurate (although I will try to update it so hopefully that will change).

What it is is more of a drama and a character study of the mortician with moments of suspense and even though it has some flaws regarding the script and Method Man’s everchanging beard the good most definitely outweighs the bad for me.