Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Duration: 107 minuten
Country:
United States / Hungary
Directed by: Alex Scharfman
Stars: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega and Will Poulter
IMDb score:
5,8 (51.054)
Releasedate: 28 March 2025
Death of a Unicorn plot
"They're going to make a killing."
Elliot is on his way to a crisis management meeting with his daughter Riley when they hit a unicorn. Elliot's boss Dell Leopold manages to capture and examine the unicorn and discovers that the animal has healing powers. Leopold wants to exploit this ability, but also discovers the deadly consequences of his actions.
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Actors and actresses
Ridley
Elliot
Pilot
Griff
Odell
Belinda
Shepard
Shaw
Ridley's Mom
Tapestry Video Narrator (voice)
Reviews & comments
Shadowed
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- 11421 messages
- 6719 votes
A mishmash of various genres is presented at a high pace and with much dedication, but unfortunately director Alex Scharfman does not manage to translate his own qualities to the big screen all that convincingly. The visual effects in particular are wooden and the satirical humor is too easy. Fortunately, Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Will Poulter play convincing characters, who are ultimately pushed into a corner by the scenario. As a result, the original ideas of Death of a Unicorn never fully shine, but it cannot be denied that those ideas are definitely there. The relationship development between Ortega and Rudd is also successful and the events remain unpredictable, but ultimately also somewhat uncontrolled.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31191 messages
- 5473 votes
The poster looks like fantasy, but it is a horror film with the necessary humor. From the film stable A24, who deliver more alternative gems. Not always successful perhaps, but more original than the average Hollywood film these days. Here too it is a separate story that is interesting in itself. The whole thing sometimes wobbles and the tone is quite unstable. The acting performances are also not the best roles of the cast. But it is enough entertainment. Sometimes that is enough with a film.
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mrklm
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- 11629 messages
- 10041 votes
Widower lawyer Elliot [Paul Rudd] and his teenage daughter Ridley [Paul Rudd] are on their way to visit a wealthy potential client, the eccentric and seriously ill Odell [Richard E. Grant], when they hit a young unicorn. In a panic, Elliot decides to put the animal's body in the trunk of his car. When they meet Odell, his wife Belinda [Téa Leoni] and his son Shepard [Will Poulter], it turns out the unicorn is still alive. Chaos and occasional bloodshed ensue in this failed horror comedy in which Grant, Leoni and Poulter play their roles as if this were the satirical horror it was supposed to be, which is at odds with the performances of Ortega and Rudd, who act as if they've landed in a bad melodrama. It comes pretty close. The CGI unicorns are also completely unconvincing.
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