Cast
* Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Matvey * as Andrey Gennadievitch * as Olga "Olya" Lekhovskaya * Yelena Shevchenko as Natalia "Tasha", Olya's mother *Release
The premiere screening of the film took place on August 13, 2018 as part of the XXVI national festival "Window to Europe", where it took first place in the voting of film critics and won the main prize of the festival in the feature film competition. ''Why Don't You Just Die!'' is scheduled to be theatrically released in the Russian Federation in 2019.Reception
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 76 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "As wickedly smart as it is energetic, ''Why Don't You Just Die!'' should satisfy audiences in the mood for a gore-soaked good time." It also has a score of 69 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Ed Potton of '' The Times'' rated the film 4 stars out of 5. Nikki Baughan of '' Empire'' rated the film 4 stars out of 5. William Hughes of '' The A.V. Club'' rated the film "B". Wendy Ide of '' The Observer'' rated the film 4 stars out of 5. Peter Bradshaw of '' The Guardian'' rated the film 4 stars out of 5. The film received positive reviews in the '' Los Angeles Times'', '' The New York Times'', '' NPR'', '' Variety'', and '' The Hollywood Reporter''. Simon Abrams of ''References
External links
* * {{rotten-tomatoes, why_dont_you_just_die, Why Don't You Just Die! 2010s comedy thriller films 2010s Russian-language films 2018 black comedy films 2018 thriller films Russian black comedy films Russian comedy thriller films Russian splatter films