37 (2016)
The movie is a powerful drama and a fictional account of the night Kitty Genovese was murdered in 1964, Kew Gardens, Queens when 37 people silently witness the brutal murder and no one intervenes.
8 February 1942, New York City, New York, USA
29 December 1974, New Jersey, USA
17 October 1945, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
October 02, 2016
There's a fundamental lack of dramatic exigency in writer-director Puk Grasten's storytelling.
October 06, 2016
It is a haunting movie, one in its director's total control, full of disturbing ideas and no short amount of magic.
October 07, 2016
Feels less interested in offering any commentary or adding any substance than in propagating the original myth.
October 06, 2016
The notorious 1964 New York City murder of Kitty Genovese is the springboard for this arty but tedious meditation on urban angst.
October 06, 2016
In the face of real-life tragedy, "37" only perpetuates a myth.
October 06, 2016
As Grasten strains to connect the unhappy lot to the Genovese myth, convincing drama flickers out of reach.
October 04, 2016
It's doubtful more than 37 people will have to bear witness to such a failure...
March 22, 2017
37 is disturbing for its reported accuracy surrounding the actual death of Genovese, but Grasten doesn't present an effective narrative. It's a slow burn, leading up to a third act that is muffled and lacks power.
October 05, 2016
Grasten's film succeeds in further muddying the moral backwater dredged up by the Times story, but viewers who don't come forearmed with background knowledge will find it hard to stick with.
