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Kill the Poor (2003)
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Clara Bellar, Heather Burns, Jon Budinoff, Paul Calderon
5.2
25%Runtime85 min
RatingNR
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When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float
Critical Reception & Ratings
Kill the Poor (2003) received mixed reviews from critics, earning a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 5.2/10 on IMDb. The film, directed by Alan Taylor, depicts the urban struggles of a couple living in a New York tenement building, blending comedic and dramatic elements.
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Fans of gritty urban dramas and character-driven stories will appreciate the realistic depiction of life on the Lower East Side in this 2003 film directed by Alan Taylor. With a talented ensemble cast including Clara Bellar and Paul Calderon, Kill the Poor offers an authentic and often humorous exploration of gentrification and the challenges facing immigrant communities.
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Kill the Poor is a 2003 American drama film directed by Alan Taylor from a screenplay by Daniel Handler, based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Joel Rose. The film is set in Manhattan's Alphabet City in the early 1980s, when the neighborhood was a center of illegal drug activity. The film's title is inspired by the Dead Kennedys' song "Kill the Poor".
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