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Starring Jerry as Himself

6.0(2)20241h 15m1

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates the events on film and his three sons discover a darker truth. True crime meets spy thriller in this genre-bending docufiction hybrid about an immigrant’s search for the American dream. A Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner.

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Released
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Language
English
  • china
  • undercover
  • spy
  • blackmail
  • family
  • secret police
  • lies

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Law Chen

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSlamdance Film Festival21 Jan 2023
    • TheatricalNR6 Nov 2024
    • Digital / OTTNR8 Nov 2024
  • IsraelIL

    • Digital / OTTYes VOD24 Nov 2024
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1513 Nov 2024

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Starring Jerry as Himself was released on 6 November 2024.

Audience reviews

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  • B

    Brent Marchant

    3/19/2025

    5/10

    I’m all one for experimental cinema, but, in the end, the experiment has to work. Unfortunately, however, that’s where this debut feature from writer-director Law Chen (primarily the creator of film shorts and music videos) sorely misses the mark. Based on a true story whose very soundness is somewhat called into question (as demonstrably observed in the picture’s opening credits), this “fictionalized documentary” ab…

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