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Shallow Grave
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1909
- IMDb #1761
- Rotten Tomatoes #1844
- Metacritic #1548
- Letterboxd #1200
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2640
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1343
- Metacritic Critics #1569
- Metacritic Audience #1599
- Criticker #818
- Kinopoisk #1934
- AlloCiné #1437
- Trakt #2196
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Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 83.
See the most agreed on films →Three flatmates in Edinburgh take in a mysterious new lodger who promptly dies of an overdose, leaving behind a large suitcase full of cash. After a brief moral debate, they decide to keep the money and dispose of the body themselves. Their pact of greed quickly erodes as paranoia sets in, turning them against each other while dangerous men from whom the money was stolen begin to close in.
Details
- Director
- Danny Boyle
- Writer
- John Hodge
- Released
- 22 December 1994
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $19.8M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 1 →1 major award won · 1 win from 1 nomination across 1 ceremony
| BAFTA Award 1994 | Best British Film | Winner |
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