Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead Review: With the thought of his job being taken away from him looming over his head, Toh and his junior colleague hatch a plan to steal 30 million baht from a dormant bank account. However, some people have their eyes on that money, and they will stop at nothing before getting their hands on it.
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Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead Movie Cast
Theeradej Wongpuapan, Vachirawich Wattanapakdeepaisan, Chulachak Chakrabongse, Fatima Dechawaleekul, Pitipat Kootrakul, Namfon Kullanat, Alissa Intusmith, Jirayut Paloprakarn, Komsan Nantajit, Naracha Chanthasin
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Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead Netflix Director
Ton Nithiwat Tharathorn
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Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead 2025 Screenwriters
Ton Nithiwat Tharathorn, Sopana Chaowwiwatkul
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Original Title
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The crime thriller film has a runtime of 120 minutes.
Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead Review
In Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead, things get more and more out of hand as desperation and greed come together and ruin the lives of multiple people who simply can’t live within their means. The film follows Toh and Petch, who, desperate to make a better life for themselves and their loved ones, decide to steal money out of a dormant account until the owners arrive to get their share.
The film highlights the growing desperation among the masses as jobs become scarce and humans are increasingly replaced by AI. It’s a tough world out there, and viewers will be able to relate to the protagonists’ struggles that feel too real. The pressures that society has put on the working class are unreal, and we see that every day in our lives. The film brings that forward and creates a thrilling situation in which crime can fester as more and more people’s moral compasses go out of whack.
Toh and Petch are good people on the surface and are hardworking and loyal to their jobs… until one of their own is fired because his job is getting replaced by technology. The fear becomes imminent and obvious for Toh, who is sure that his turn is coming up and he won’t be able to take care of his daughter as a result. There’s immense pressure to keep the ruse up, and that’s when the scale shifts. The person who was adamant about not betraying his job starts to tout that it’s unfair that his loyalty is not getting rewarded. It’s terrifying, depressing, but also realistic because I think most of us have felt similarly in some way or another.
The helplessness is palpable in every scene as one bad thing leads to another, and things get more and more dangerous. However, I will mention here that the film has several elements that unnecessarily stretch the runtime far too much. The entire sequence with Sek felt forced in my eyes, and a shorter, crisper runtime would’ve benefited the film. At 2 hours, there isn’t enough happening in the film, and you start to lose interest at some points.
I also found some of the plot twists to be obvious and unimpressive. You might be able to figure it out from a mile away. However, Theeradej Wongpuapan and Vachirawich Wattanapakdeepaisan are great and will bring out the emotions associated with their situation too well. Other than them, I found Earnearn Fatima Dechawaleekul’s Khem to be the only good character out of the lot and will make you root for her in the darkness.
Final Thoughts
In the end, the film asks the question: What’s the point of getting your hands on heaps of money if you have no one to enjoy it with? The film characters run along that line and leave you with a heaviness in your heart as you explore the tragedy of the situation. It also makes you question what true happiness is and whether the answer is as easy as it might seem.