Why Don't You Just Die!

Why Don't You Just Die (Папа, сдохни) is a 2018 Russian dark comedy thriller film directed by Kirill Sokolov and starring Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Vitaly Khaev, Yevgenia Kregzhde and Yelena Shevchenko. The release took place in Russia on April 4, 2019.

Cast

 * Aleksandr Kuznetsov as Matvey
 * as Andrey Gennadievitch
 * as Olga "Olya" Lekhovskaya
 * Yelena Shevchenko as Natalia "Tasha", Olya's mother
 * Mikhail Gorevoy as Yevgenich
 * Igor Grabuzov as Oleg
 * Aleksandr Domogarov Jr. as a maniac

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 RogerEbert.com gave the film a more mixed review, rating it 2.5 stars out of 4.