In America (2003)
92%RT Audience Score: 91%
Awards & Nominations: 12 wins & 12 nominations total
A rich and moving story about an immigrant family adjusting to life in New York.
In America” is a movie that will make you laugh, cry, and feel all the emotions in between. It’s a heartwarming story about a family’s journey to America and the struggles they face along the way. The performances are outstanding, especially from the child actors who steal the show. The movie perfectly captures the ups and downs of family life, and it’s a reminder that even in the darkest moments, there’s always hope. So grab some tissues and get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions, because “In America” is a must-watch movie that will leave you feeling inspired and grateful for the people in your life.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
20th Century Fox, Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Williamsburg Bridge, New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Mono Dolby Digital
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 43m
-
Language(s):English, Italian, French, Yiddish, Hebrew
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 26, 2003 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2004
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Sarah Bolger, Emma Bolger, Djimon Hounsou, Ciaran Cronin, directed by Jim Sheridan, written by Jim Sheridan, produced by Paul Myler, Arthur Lappin, drama, PG-13, box office gross $15.5M, reviewed by David Ansen, Nell Minow, Meredith Brody, Emma Cochrane, Nick Schager, Peter Rainer, Eve Tushnet, Rachel Wagner, Nick Rogers, Emanuel Levy, Felix Vasquez Jr., Irish immigrant family, New York City, Hell’s Kitchen, actor, ice parlor, video camera, memories, dead son, culture shock, flat aspect ratio, Dolby SR sound mix
Worldwide gross: $5,473,337
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $16,027,729
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,796
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,747,844
US/Canada gross: $5,321,508
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $15,583,124
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,487
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,412,014
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $7,063,169
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,037
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $30,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $87,849,855
Production budget ranking: 470
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $47,307,147
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$119,129,274
ROI to date (est.): -88%
ROI ranking: 1,951
Paddy Considine – Johnny
Sarah Bolger – Christy
Emma Bolger – Ariel
Djimon Hounsou – Mateo
Ciaran Cronin – Frankie
Director(s)
Jim Sheridan
Writer(s)
Jim Sheridan
Producer(s)
Paul Myler, Arthur Lappin
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
12 wins & 12 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (177) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (158) | Rotten (19)
The feelings Sheridan evokes in the last scenes are earned: they encapsulate the whole story. And they stay with you long after it’s over.
March 12, 2018
David Ansen
Newsweek
TOP CRITIC
Moving but slightly graphic; mature teens only.
December 24, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
The result is a blend of kitchen-sink and magical realism: sentimental, but well acted and freshly observed.
October 17, 2007
Meredith Brody
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Lovingly shot, with a remarkable debut from Sarah Bolger, who along with sister Emma, gives one of the greatest ever child performances.
December 30, 2006 | Rating: 4/5
Emma Cochrane
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Superbly evokes the depression, anxiety, joy, misery, and aggravation of family life.
May 4, 2005 | Rating: B+
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
TOP CRITIC
At its best, the movie has a supernal glow that you can practically warm your hands by.
August 7, 2004
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
A haunting, subtle story, making the movie’s comedy more gentle and its sorrows somewhat more shared…
December 20, 2021
Eve Tushnet
Patheos
Should be talked about more as one of the great American movies. Incredible
May 8, 2019 | Rating: 9/10
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
“In America” serves as a peaceful reminder of the simplicity and clarity with which kids can stare down death and help adults come to a place of comfort – earning its cries as cathartic cleansing.
September 24, 2010 | Rating: 4/4
Nick Rogers
The Film Yap
Sheridan’s semi-personal immigration drama is simple and modest to a fault but it’s sporadically touching and well acted, particularly by Samantha Morton, who deserves an Oscar nod.
August 25, 2009 | Rating: B-
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
Such a lovely film I couldn’t help but flip over it.
April 29, 2009
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
August 7, 2008 | Rating: 5/5
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review…
Plot
With the vivid memory of his long-gone childhood friends Max, Patsy, and Cockeye etched in his mind, his ferociously loyal partners-in-crime during their rise to prominence in New York’s Prohibition-era Lower East Side, the defeated, penniless, and guilt-ridden former gangster David “Noodles” Aaronson returns to Manhattan. Not knowing what to expect on his mission to shed light on his opaque past, grizzled Noodles reunites with his only living friend Fat Moe after 35 haunted years of self-exile. However, the relentless, piercing sound of culpability stands in the way of finding closure, as the inscrutable content of a well-worn leather suitcase further complicates matters. And now, against the backdrop of a torn conscience, the sad, bittersweet recollections of more than 50 years of love, death, and everything in-between become inextricably intertwined, leading to even more puzzling questions. But what are a man’s options when he is left with nothing?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features a standout performance from Samantha Morton as the strong Irish mother.
Jim-Sheridan.jpg
Star Trek III – The Search for Spock
Star Trek III – The Search for Spock (1984)
74%RT Audience Score: 61%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 7 nominations
Though it may be short on dazzling special effects, The Search for Spock is still a strong Star Trek installment, thanks to affecting performances by its iconic cast
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is the perfect movie for Trekkies and non-Trekkies alike. It’s got action, adventure, and even a little bit of romance (bromance, that is). Sure, the special effects may not be up to par with today’s standards, but who needs fancy CGI when you’ve got William Shatner’s over-the-top acting? And let’s not forget about Leonard Nimoy’s directing skills – he takes the franchise to new heights (literally, there’s a lot of space travel in this one). So grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the ride – just don’t forget to live long and prosper.
Production Company(ies)
3ality Digital Entertainment,
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Occidental College – 1600 Campus Road, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Dolby Surround 7.1
-
Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 45m
-
Language(s):English, Klingon, Russian, French
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 1984 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 12, 2009
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
starring William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, directed by Leonard Nimoy, written by Harve Bennett, produced by Harve Bennett, Sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Jay Carr, Kevin Thomas, Richard Schickel, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Steven D Greydanus, Matt Brunson, Grant Watson, Mike Massie, Drew Dietsch, Shaun Munro, PG, Admiral James T Kirk, Commander Leonard H McCoy, M.D., Commander, Captain Montgomery Scott, Commander Hikaru Sulu, Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov, Commander Nyota Uhura, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, animating spirit, Klingons, Genesis Planet, USS Enterprise, Tomatometer, audience score, Fresh Kernels, movie, TV, actors, streaming movies, TV shows, most popular, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Insurrection, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Innerspace, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, rent/buy from $2.99, subscription, rent/buy from $3.99, sound mix, surround, Dolby Stereo, aspect ratio, scope (2.35:1), collection, cast & crew, critic reviews, audience reviews, horror movies, MCU movies, Netflix series, TV premiere dates, worst horror movies of all time, newsletter, Fandango
Worldwide gross: $76,471,046
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $223,932,344
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 635
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 24,420,103
US/Canada gross: $76,471,046
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $223,932,344
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 302
US/Canada opening weekend: $16,673,295
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $48,824,885
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 239
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $17,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $49,781,585
Production budget ranking: 800
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $26,807,383
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $147,343,376
ROI to date (est.): 192%
ROI ranking: 645
DeForest Kelley – Commander Leonard H. McCoy, M.D.
James Doohan – Commander, Captain Montgomery Scott
George Takei – Commander Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig – Commander Pavel Andreievich Chekov
Nichelle Nichols – Commander Nyota Uhura
Director(s)
Leonard Nimoy
Writer(s)
Harve Bennett
Producer(s)
Harve Bennett
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 7 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (10)
This “Star Trek,” the liveliest and most likable of the three, will satisfy hard-core Trekkies and win more than a few new recruits to their ranks.
April 26, 2018
Jay Carr
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
“Star Trek III” has a genuine spirituality, and, at its end, you may be surprised, especially if you’re not really a Trekkie, to realize how moved you’ve been.
September 7, 2016
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
These are classic directorial occasions, and Nimoy rises to them with fervor, in effect beaming his film up onto a higher pictorial plane than either of its predecessors.
May 3, 2009
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
An emotionally satisfying science fiction adventure.
March 26, 2009
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
This 1984 film’s few and unimpressive special effects evidently qualify it as science fiction, but the genre it really belongs to is the male weepie: there hasn’t been a gooier buddy romance on the screen since Joe Buck took Ratso Rizzo to Miami.
June 4, 2007
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
May be the unappreciated middle child of the Trek franchise, but it’s still one of better and more indispensable episodes.
February 11, 2006 | Rating: B+
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films
TOP CRITIC
For all it does right, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock doesn’t represent the series at its best.
September 10, 2021 | Rating: 2.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
Despite the grim goings-on there is still a sense of humour and fun scattered thoughout.
October 3, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Grant Watson
Fiction Machine
The sci-fi themes are just as esoteric as before (and fitting for the universe), but the sense of adventure has vanished.
September 8, 2020 | Rating: 2/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is much better than its reputation would lead you to believe.
July 13, 2020
Drew Dietsch
Giant Freakin Robot
An uneven and at times quite ridiculous follow-up to The Wrath of Khan, but still worthwhile thanks to solid performances and great character work.
May 31, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Shaun Munro
Flickering Myth
Star Trek III does what it needs to do by restoring part of the original status quo and setting up a new one to be resolved at a later date.
April 8, 2019 | Rating: B
Zaki Hasan
Zaki’s Corner…
Plot
In the wake of Spock’s ultimate deed of sacrifice, Admiral Kirk and the Enterprise crew return to Earth for some essential repairs to their ship. When they arrive at Spacedock, they are shocked to discover that the Enterprise is to be decommissioned. Even worse, Dr. McCoy begins acting strangely and Scotty has been reassigned to another ship. Kirk is forced to steal back the Enterprise and head across space to the Genesis Planet to save Spock and bring him to Vulcan. Unbeknownst to them, the Klingons are planning to steal the secrets of the Genesis Device for their own deadly purpose.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Leonard-Nimoy.jpg
The Natural
The Natural (1984)
87%RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 4 Oscars
3 wins & 8 nominations total
Though heavy with sentiment, The Natural is an irresistible classic, and a sincere testament to America’s national pastime
If you’re looking for a movie that will make you feel like you’re at the ballpark, The Natural is a home run. Sure, some critics might say it’s a little too mythic or simple, but who cares when you’ve got Robert Redford hitting balls into the lights? Plus, the period design is so good, you’ll feel like you’re in the 1930s. So grab some peanuts and Cracker Jacks and settle in for a classic sports movie that’s got heart, integrity, and a whole lot of drama.
Production Company(ies)
Spinal Tap Prod. Goldcrest Films, International,
Distributor
RCA/Columbia, TriStar Pictures, Pioneer Entertainment
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
All-High Stadium – 50 Mercer Avenue, Buffalo, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Dolby Stereo Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:2h 14m
-
Language(s):English
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 11, 1984 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 3, 2007
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger, Wilford Brimley, Richard Farnsworth, Barbara Hershey, directed by Barry Levinson, written by Bernard Malamud, Phil Dusenberry, produced by Mark Johnson, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Gene Siskel, Richard Schickel, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Roger Ebert, Vincent Canby, PG rating, baseball, sports film, American Dream, Roy Hobbs, New York Knights, Pop Fisher, Judge, Max Mercy, Iris Gaines, Memo Paris, Red Blow, Dolby, Surround, Flat (1.85:1), RCA/Columbia, TriStar Pictures, Pioneer Entertainment
Worldwide gross: $47,951,979
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $140,419,147
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 867
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 15,312,884
US/Canada gross: $47,951,979
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $140,419,147
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 549
US/Canada opening weekend: $5,088,381
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $14,900,451
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 795
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $28,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $81,993,198
Production budget ranking: 510
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $44,153,337
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $14,272,612
ROI to date (est.): 11%
ROI ranking: 1,340
Robert Duvall – Max Mercy
Glenn Close – Iris Gaines
Kim Basinger – Memo Paris
Wilford Brimley – Pop Fisher
Richard Farnsworth – Red Blow
Director(s)
Barry Levinson
Writer(s)
Bernard Malamud, Phil Dusenberry
Producer(s)
Mark Johnson
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
3 wins & 8 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (8)
Being a baseball fan involves repeatedly experiencing exquisite pain and exquisite joy. Well, there’s a lot of both in The Natural.
March 19, 2013 | Rating: 4/4
Gene Siskel
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Levinson must have felt he had to swing for the fences. He can be forgiven for choking up with all The Natural’s fans looking on dubiously. In fairness, the official scorer must credit him with a single. And Redford with an RBI.
March 21, 2011
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The Natural is an impeccably made, but quite strange, fable about success and failure in America.
March 21, 2007
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
I’ve just about had it with directors who use the mythic mode as an alibi for unshaded characterizations, simpleminded plotting, and swells of artificial emotionality.
March 21, 2007
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
The message is: Baseball is purely and simply a matter of divine intervention. At about the 130-minute mark, I got the idea that God’s only begotten son was playing right field for the New York team.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 2/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
Though entertaining in short stretches, The Natural has no recognizable character of its own.
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
…ultimately fares much, much better than the often astonishingly tedious Bernard Malamud novel on which its based…
February 21, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
Barry Levinson’s ‘The Natural’ is a sports drama that gives me a pleasant time for two hours that roll like a pitcher’s fastball in the postseason. [Full review in Spanish]
February 27, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
Yasser Medina
Cinemaficionados
When “The Natural” opened in 1984, I thought it was the best baseball movie ever made. Thirty-six years later (and after countless “Bull Durham” reruns), I find it falls far short of that original designation, but it’s still got merit.
December 13, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
Mark Jackson
Epoch Times
The script is one shockingly drab line after another, and nothing in the expensive 1930s period design can cover up the shabbiness of the moviemaking.
July 15, 2020
Lawrence O’Toole
Maclean’s Magazine
The lead’s unwavering integrity is the movie’s heart: The Natural does not glamorize vice but triumphs over it with a wholesome finale.
July 15, 2020 | Rating: 3/5
Peter Albert
Common Sense Media
The Natural is a mythic and mesmerizing movie about America’s national pastime and the heroism of a lonely individualist.
July 15, 2020
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice…
Plot
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for The Natural.
Barry-Levinson.jpg
Gremlins
Gremlins (1984)
85%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: 8 wins & 6 nominations
Whether you choose to see it as a statement on consumer culture or simply a special effects-heavy popcorn flick, Gremlins is a minor classic
Gremlins is the perfect holiday movie for those who want a little bit of horror mixed in with their Christmas cheer. It’s a hilarious and chaotic ride that will have you rooting for the little monsters wreaking havoc on a small town. Plus, who doesn’t love a good social critique of Reagan-era consumerism? It’s a classic that still holds up today, and it’s sure to become a staple of your holiday movie marathon. Just make sure to keep your own mogwai away from any water or food after midnight!
Production Company(ies)
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Courthouse Square, Backlot, Universal Studios – 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Mono
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 46m
-
Language(s):English, Spanish
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 1984 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2001
Genre(s)
Holiday/Fantasy
Keyword(s)
starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Frances Lee McCain, Polly Holliday, Scott Brady, directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, holiday, fantasy, comedy, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Peter Bradshaw, Richard Corliss, Peter Travers, Michael Wilmington, Glenn Heath Jr., Robbie Collin, Eddie Harrison, Samuel R Murrian, Rachel Wagner, David Nusair, Mike Massie, PG rating, produced by Michael Finnell, Warner Bros Pictures, Mogwai, gremlins, Christmas, consumer culture, violence, dark humor, Looney Tunes style, horror-comedy, family-friendly, merchandising
Worldwide gross: $153,897,221
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $450,661,620
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 332
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 49,145,215
US/Canada gross: $153,642,180
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $449,914,776
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 91
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,511,634
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $36,638,175
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 352
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $11,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $32,211,614
Production budget ranking: 1,119
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $17,345,954
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $401,104,053
ROI to date (est.): 809%
ROI ranking: 162
Phoebe Cates – Kate
Hoyt Axton – Rand Peltzer
Frances Lee McCain – Lynn Peltzer
Polly Holliday – Mrs. Ruby Deagle
Scott Brady – Sheriff Frank
Director – Joe Dante
Producer – Michael Finnell
Writer – Chris Columbus
Director(s)
Joe Dante
Writer(s)
Chris Columbus
Producer(s)
Michael Finnell
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
8 wins & 6 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (75) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (11)
It is a wacky, satirical spectacle of chaos.
December 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
A wildly original roller-coaster ride of hilarious mischief.
December 6, 2013
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Here’s the season’s most delicious and unexpected surprise. Despite the horror-flick title, Gremlins is a movie of wicked wit and startling invention, and it has a heart that’s at least a match for the special effects.
December 6, 2013
Peter Travers
People Magazine
TOP CRITIC
A horror-comedy about cute little Christmas toy/pets who turn into murderous monsters wreaking havoc on a Norman Rockwellian town.
December 4, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
TOP CRITIC
Brilliantly potent social critique of Reagan-era fear-mongering and consumerism.
December 6, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Glenn Heath Jr.
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
The 1984 creature feature in which a Capra-esque idyll is besieged by ravening beasties.
December 6, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
Robbie Collin
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
…this ‘gift of the mogwai’ continually ups the ante in terms of the cartoonish action…
December 24, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Eddie Harrison
film-authority.com
The foremost pleasure of Gremlins (and the crux of its marketing) is the sight of those little monsters wreaking havoc… There’s more to it, though: Gremlins is a movie we feel good about watching because we’re proud of the characters.
December 23, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Samuel R. Murrian
Parade Magazine
A great family friendly holiday horror movie
December 14, 2021
Rachel Wagner
Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
…a genuine classic that holds up remarkably well all these years later.
November 3, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
A thrilling anti-Christmas product, effectively mocking other no-nonsense evil alien endeavors to become a staple of the horror comedy subgenre.
September 6, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
GREMLINS is definitely a product of its time, but it’s got a lot of heart.
June 22, 2020 | Rating: 5/10
Sarah Musnicky
Nightmarish Conjurings…
Plot
Minature green monsters tear through the small town of Kingston Falls. Hijinks ensue as a mild-mannered bank teller releases these hideous loonies after gaining a new pet and violating two of three simple rules: No water (violated), no food after midnight (violated), and no bright light. Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a town straight out of Norman Rockwell. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds. ‘Cause you never can tell, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny comments were found in the Fresh Kernels review for Gremlins.
Joe-Dante.jpg
Romancing the Stone
Romancing the Stone (1984)
80%RT Audience Score: 69%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 1 Oscar
8 wins & 4 nominations total
Romancing the Stone reaches back to the classic Saturday morning serials of old with an action-filled adventure enlivened by the sparkling chemistry between its well-matched leads
Romancing the Stone is like a wild ride on a rollercoaster, but instead of screaming in terror, you’re laughing your head off. Michael Douglas is the perfect mix of rugged and charming, and Kathleen Turner is a total badass. The action scenes are heart-pumping, and the comedic moments are pure gold. Sure, the plot might be a little contrived, but who cares when you’re having this much fun? It’s like Indiana Jones meets a romantic comedy, and it totally works. If you’re looking for a movie that will make you forget about your problems and just enjoy the ride, Romancing the Stone is the perfect choice.
Production Company(ies)
Guangxi Film Studio, Beijing New Picture Film
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico
MPAA / Certificate
PG
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Dolby Stereo
-
Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 45m
-
Language(s):English, Spanish, French
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 1984 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 4, 2003
Genre(s)
Adventure/Action
Keyword(s)
starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas, adventure, action, romance, PG rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Gary Arnold, Peter Travers, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Paul Schrodt, John Preston, Rachel Wagner, Tony Black, Grant Watson, Mike Massie, Josh Larsen, starring Jack T Colton, Joan Wilder, Ralph, Ira, Juan, Zolo, produced by Michael Douglas, 20th Century Fox, English, 1h 45m, sound mix, surround, Colombia, jungle, treasure map, gem, pulp-romance novelist, hostage, ransom, treasure hunter, action-filled adventure, chemistry, Saturday morning serials, well-matched leads, adventure enlivened
Worldwide gross: $86,572,238
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $253,511,953
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 578
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 27,645,796
US/Canada gross: $76,572,238
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $224,228,668
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 301
US/Canada opening weekend: $5,105,741
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $14,951,287
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 791
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $10,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $29,283,285
Production budget ranking: 1,167
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $15,769,049
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $208,459,619
ROI to date (est.): 463%
ROI ranking: 278
Kathleen Turner – Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito – Ralph
Zack Norman – Ira
Alfonso Arau – Juan
Manuel Ojeda – Zolo
Director(s)
Robert Zemeckis
Writer(s)
Diane Thomas
Producer(s)
Michael Douglas
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
8 wins & 4 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (55) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (8)
The set-up in “Romancing the Stone” is poorly contrived to sustain a chase thriller.
January 29, 2019
Gary Arnold
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Turner is terrific, Douglas is fine and the action is slam-bang. Add lots of laughs and it all works out just right.
April 4, 2014
Peter Travers
People Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Turner is like a lot of unwitting screen heroines ahead of her, guaranteed that her drab existence is about to be transformed — probably by a man, preferably handsome and adventurous.
February 6, 2008
Variety Staff
Variety
TOP CRITIC
Director Robert Zemeckis displays such dazzling cinematic know-how that it’s genuinely depressing when this 1984 film falls off into the usual self-ridicule.
February 6, 2008
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
The message is clear: Love and protection comes with a white face and a big, black gun. His name is Michael Douglas.
September 1, 2006 | Rating: 2/4
Paul Schrodt
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
The script is sharp and funny, the direction sure-footed on both the comedy and action fronts, and the whole thing adds up to rather more concerted fun than Indiana Jones’ flab-ridden escapade in the Temple of Doom.
June 24, 2006
John Preston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
the standard for a romantic adventure
April 7, 2022
Rachel Wagner
Hallmarkies Podcast
Romancing the Stone is no searing example of feminist film theory, but it perhaps warrants re-examining in the context of how Zemeckis approaches male and female hero stereotypes.
March 24, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Tony Black
Cultural Conversation
It may be the sub-standard cousin of better adventure movies, but it is still a rollicking good time.
March 10, 2021 | Rating: 7/10
Grant Watson
Fiction Machine
Adventure first and foremost, followed by an engaging tale and enough good-natured comedy to ensure that no event appears too sinister or serious.
September 7, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
…a hybrid of Indiana Jones and classic screwball romances.
September 4, 2020 | Rating: 3/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
It disappoints because of the clumsy script. [Full Review in Spanish]
February 11, 2020
Diego Galán
El Pais (Spain)…
Plot
Joan Wilder, a mousy romance novelist, receives a treasure map in the mail from her recently murdered brother-in-law. Meanwhile, her sister Elaine is kidnapped in Colombia and the two criminals responsible demand that she travel to Colombia to exchange the map for her sister. Joan does, and quickly becomes lost in the jungle after being waylayed by Zolo, a vicious and corrupt Colombian cop who will stop at nothing to obtain the map. There, she meets an irreverent soldier-of-fortune named Jack Colton who agrees to bring her back to civilization. Together, they embark upon an adventure that could be straight out of Joan’s novels.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Romancing the Stone.
Robert-Zemeckis.jpg
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers (2015)
86%RT Audience Score: 73%
Awards & Nominations: NA
As bizarrely hilarious as it is insightful, Finders Keepers is a stranger-than-fiction gem of a documentary that transcends its oddball trappings
Finders Keepers is the kind of documentary that makes you wonder how on earth someone came up with this idea. Two men fighting over a severed leg? It sounds like a joke, but it’s a real story that’s both hilarious and heartwarming. The filmmakers did an excellent job of finding the humanity in this absurd situation, and the result is a film that’s as delightful as it is bizarre. It’s definitely worth a watch, even if you’re not a fan of documentaries. Who knew taxidermy could be so touching?
Production Company(ies)
Independent Film Channel, Channel, Four Fourth Floor Pictures,
Distributor
The Orchard
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
High River, Alberta, Canada
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Stereo
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 24m
-
Language(s):English
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2015 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 15, 2015
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
documentary, Finders Keepers, amputee, mummified leg, entrepreneur, auction, Bryan Carberry, J Clay Tweel, Andrea Carberry, George Carberry, Ed Cunningham, Adam Gibbs, Seth Gordon, R rating, box office, The Orchard, reviewed by Walter V Addiego, Noel Murray, Dan Fienberg, Moira MacDonald, Nell Minow, Peter Keough, Kip Mooney, David Bax, Michael J Casey, Morgan Rojas, M Faust, starring John Wood, Shannon Whisnant, directed by Bryan Carberry, J Clay Tweel, produced by Bryan Carberry, Ed Cunningham
Worldwide gross: $1,467,396
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,297,018
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,216
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 468,595
US/Canada gross: $1,467,396
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,297,018
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,843
US/Canada opening weekend: $865,207
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $2,533,610
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,179
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $7,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $20,498,300
Production budget ranking: 1,354
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $11,038,334
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$27,239,616
ROI to date (est.): -86%
ROI ranking: 1,935
J. Clay Tweel – Director
Andrea Carberry – Executive Producer
George Carberry – Executive Producer
Bryan Carberry – Producer
Ed Cunningham – Producer
Director(s)
Bryan Carberry, J. Clay Tweel
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Bryan Carberry, Ed Cunningham, Adam Gibbs, Seth Gordon
Film Festivals
Sundance, South by Southwest
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (48) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (1)
It’s a richer portrait than we might expect in an abysmal era of reality TV.
December 21, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
Walter V. Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
It’s a complex portrait of class conflict, sad family legacies, and the dangerous allure of the spotlight.
December 21, 2015
Noel Murray
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
Finders Keepers has the sort of plot that no screenwriter in his or her right mind would ever dream up.
December 21, 2015 | Rating: A-
Dan Fienberg
HitFix
TOP CRITIC
Filmmakers Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel, over the film’s quick 84 minutes, find some humanity and pathos in the story, which eventually takes an unexpectedly heartwarming turn.
October 8, 2015 | Rating: 3/4
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
TOP CRITIC
You might not think that a documentary about two men fighting over a severed leg would be funny, touching, and insightful, but it is.
October 1, 2015
Nell Minow
Movie Mom
TOP CRITIC
What starts out as a freak show ends up a poignant tale of tragedy, redemption, and the boon of taxidermy.
October 1, 2015
Peter Keough
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
Its focus on the humanity underneath the absurdity keeps it from being an historical footnote.
August 10, 2021 | Rating: B+
Kip Mooney
Central Track
Finders Keepers inspires raucous laughter and is a worthwhile expenditure of time and ticket cost on the strength of that alone.
January 14, 2021
David Bax
Battleship Pretension
Finders Keepers is as delightful as it is bizarre.
July 2, 2019
Michael J. Casey
Boulder Weekly
Directors Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel have really found a needle in a haystack with Finders Keepers.
November 9, 2018
Morgan Rojas
Cinemacy
I doubt I’ll enjoy any movie I see in the rest of 2015 as much as Finders Keepers.
October 11, 2017
M. Faust
The Public (Buffalo)
“Maintains a brilliant balance of comedy and tragedy.”
September 3, 2017
Christopher Campbell
Nonfics…
Plot
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldier bringing home a dead war buddy. The train ride turns into far more than Michael bargains for.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Sorry, there is no goofy, funny, or odd comment about the film Finders Keepers on Fresh Kernels.
Bryan-Carberry.jpg
Dexter New Blood
Dexter New Blood
79%RT Audience Score: 75%
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Clancy Brown, Julia Jones, Alano Miller, Johnny Sequoyah
Psychological
Year of Release
2021
Technical Specs
Color: Color
Sound mix: Stereo
Aspect ratio: 16:9 HD
Language(s): English
Country of origin: United States
Original premiere: 11/07/2021
Newest season premiere: 11/07/2021
2021-2022 Fall Primetime
INTERNATIONAL
DISTRIBUTOR:
Paramount Global Distribution Group :
Dan Cohen (III):
+1-323-575-5400
Genre(s)
Crime, Drama, Police, Police Drama, Psychological, Relationship Drama, Suspense, Thriller
Keyword(s)
Crime TV Drama, Limited/Event Series TV Drama, Police Drama TV Drama, Psychological TV Drama, Suspense TV Drama, Thriller, TV Shows Starring Jack Alcott, TV Shows Starring Clancy Brown, TV Shows Starring Michael C. Hall, TV Shows Starring Julia Jones, TV Shows Starring David Magidoff, TV Shows Starring Alano Miller, TV Shows Starring Johnny Sequoyah, Showtime Networks Shows, TV Shows from United States, English Language, Female Producer, LGBTQ+ Producer, Latin/Hispanic Director, Latin/Hispanic Producer, 2+ Ethnicity Lead Cast, Female Writer
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Michael C. Hall
Dexter Morgan
Clancy Brown
Kurt Caldwell
Julia Jones
Angela Bishop
Alano Miller
Logan
Johnny Sequoyah
Audrey
Jack Alcott
Harrison Morgan
Director(s)
Writer(s)
Executive(s)
Showtime Networks:
Randy Runkle
(Development Exec)
Awards & Nominations
NA
Synopsis (Warning: Spoilers!)
Paramount, Showtime
Stream Now
(Click to Watch)
Coming soon…
Repo Man
Repo Man (1984)
88%RT Audience Score: 78%
Awards & Nominations: 2 wins & 3 nominations
Repo Man is many things: an alien-invasion film, a punk-rock musical, a send-up of consumerism. One thing it isn’t is boring
Repo Man” is a wild ride that’s part punk rock, part sci-fi, and all kinds of weird. It’s like if “Mad Max” and “The X-Files” had a baby and that baby grew up to be Emilio Estevez. The movie is full of churlish unpleasantness, but it’s also got a core of genuine anger that makes it more than just a flabby American comedy. Plus, the punk soundtrack is killer. If you’re looking for a movie that’s off the beaten path, “Repo Man” is the way to go.
Production Company(ies)
Canal+ España Canal+ La Fabrique 2
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Orpheum Theater – 842 South Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Mono
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:1h 33m
-
Language(s):English, Spanish
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 1984 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 24, 2006
Genre(s)
Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
starring Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes, directed by Alex Cox, written by Alex Cox, produced by Peter McCarthy, Jonathan Wacks, sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by James Berardinelli, Dave Kehr, Geoff Andrew, Roger Ebert, Vincent Canby, Marjorie Baumgarten, Tom Meek, Anton Bitel, Felix Vasquez Jr., Rob Vaux, MPAA rating R, punk rock, musical, consumerism, alien-invasion, Chevy Malibu, Leila, government conspiracy, repossessing cars, Los Angeles, eccentric repossession agent, fast-paced job, otherworldly contents, punk-rock soundtrack, Monkee Mike Nesmith, Mexican repo men, American repo men, extraterrestrials, mad scientist, flying car, social satire, inter-connected skits, clever, funny moments, great soundtrack
Worldwide gross: $129,000
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $377,754
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,807
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 41,195
US/Canada gross: $129,000
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $377,754
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,402
US/Canada opening weekend: $95,300
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $279,070
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,561
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $1,500,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $4,392,493
Production budget ranking: 1,932
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,365,357
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$6,380,096
ROI to date (est.): -94%
ROI ranking: 1,988
Harry Dean Stanton – Bud, Repo Man
Tracey Walter – Miller
Olivia Barash – Leila, United Fruitcake Outlet
Sy Richardson – Lite, Repo Man
Susan Barnes – Agent Rogersz
Alex Cox – Director, Writer
Peter McCarthy – Producer
Jonathan Wacks – Producer
Director(s)
Alex Cox
Writer(s)
Alex Cox
Producer(s)
Peter McCarthy, Jonathan Wacks
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
2 wins & 3 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (1)
It never overstays its welcome and is generally a fun, wild ride, even though it may at times be difficult to figure out where the journey began and where…
March 28, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
Cox’s style is a step beyond camp into a comedy of pure disgust; much of the film is churlishly unpleasant, but there’s a core of genuine anger that gives the project an emotional validation lacking in the flabby American comedies of the early 80s.
June 4, 2007
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
There are endless things to enjoy, from Robby Mller’s crisp camerawork to a superb set of performances, from witty movie parodies to a tremendous punk soundtrack.
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Repo Man comes out of left field, has no big stars, didn’t cost much, takes chances, dares to be unconventional, is funny, and works. There is a lesson here.
October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
It’s very entertaining, and though it’s rude in an R-rated way, it has the good taste never to promise more than it can deliver.
May 20, 2003 | Rating: 3/5
Vincent Canby
New York Times
TOP CRITIC
Punk rock sentiments amiably collide with science fiction scenario in this instant cult classic produced by former Monkee Mike Nesmith.
March 10, 2003
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
One of the finest and most enduring cult films out there. I mean, how can you go wrong…
June 22, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4
Tom Meek
Cambridge Day
A great teardown of an atomised society full of alienated people, turned up to caricatured levels by Cox and his fantastically committed cast.
December 9, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5
Tim Brayton
Alternate Ending
a western [but] also a punk road movie, a conspiratorial cold-war chase caper, a paranoid apocalypse sci-fi, a postmodern mixed “plate of shrimp”, a hilarious Eighties satire and a wry lowlife rejoinder to Reagan’s upwardly mobile American dream.
June 1, 2016
Anton Bitel
Projected Figures
It’s a one of a kind anomaly with Emilio Estevez at his best.
June 5, 2014
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
It’s kind of a road movie and kind of a science fiction movie and kind of a look at those unsung heroes who repossess cars amid the haze of serious drug use.
March 4, 2014 | Rating: A
Rob Vaux
Mania.com
It was 1984 and Americans were on course to re-elect a s****y, sadistic, semi-sentient president. In a f****** landslide.
May 22, 2013 | Rating: 8/10
Christopher Long
Movie Metropolis…
Plot
Frustrated punk rocker Otto quits his supermarket job after slugging a co-worker, and is later dumped by his girlfriend at a party. Wandering the streets in frustration, he is recruited in the repossession of a car by a repo agent. After discovering his parents have donated his college fund to a televangelist, he joins the repossession agency (Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation) as an apprentice “repo man”. During his training, he is introduced into the mercenary and paranoid world of the drivers, befriended by a UFO conspiracy theorist, confronted by rival repo agents, discovers some of his one-time friends have turned to a life of crime, is lectured to near cosmic unconsciousness by the repo agency grounds worker, and finds himself entangled in a web of intrigue concerning a huge repossession bounty on a 1964 Chevy Malibu driven by a lunatic government scientist, with Top Secret cargo in the trunk.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no goofy or funny comment about the film Repo Man on Fresh Kernels.
Alex-Cox.jpg
Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
93%RT Audience Score: 93%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
143 wins & 380 nominations total
Sergio Leone’s epic crime drama is visually stunning, stylistically bold, and emotionally haunting, and filled with great performances from the likes of Robert De Niro and James Woods.
Once Upon a Time in America is like a never-ending storybook, but instead of fairy tales, it’s filled with gangsters, violence, and betrayal. It’s like a Scorsese film on steroids, with a runtime that could rival a Lord of the Rings marathon. But don’t let that scare you away, because Sergio Leone’s final masterpiece is a cinematic journey that’s worth every minute. The cinematography is stunning, the score is hauntingly beautiful, and the performances are top-notch. It’s a complex and layered story that will keep you on the edge of your seat, even if you need a few bathroom breaks along the way. So grab some popcorn, settle in, and get ready for a wild ride through the dark underbelly of America’s criminal underworld.
Production Company(ies)
Miramax, Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership, Lawrence Bender Productions,
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language throughout, some strong graphic violence, drug use, and sexual references
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
Black and White -
Sound mix:Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1
-
Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
-
Runtime:NA
-
Language(s):English, Italian, Spanish, German
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2003
Genre(s)
Crime/Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, directed by Sergio Leone, written by Harry Grey, crime, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Paul Attanasio, Gary Arnold, Lou Lumenick, Steve Macfarlane, David Fear, Richard Corliss, Toussaint Egan, David Nusair, Josh Larsen, Mike Massie, Dom Nero, Jeffrey M Anderson, produced by Arnon Milchan, MPAA rating R, New York City, Jewish slum, bootlegger, Mafia boss, violence, betrayal, remorse, flashbacks, 1920s, 1930s, organized crime, friendship, loyalty, guilt, American Dream, visually stunning, stylistically bold, emotionally haunting, great performances
Worldwide gross: $374,565,754
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $432,793,701
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 356
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 47,196,696
US/Canada gross: $142,502,728
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $164,655,424
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 463
US/Canada opening weekend: $41,082,018
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $47,468,404
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 251
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $90,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $103,990,909
Production budget ranking: 386
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $55,999,104
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $272,803,688
ROI to date (est.): 171%
ROI ranking: 708
James Woods – Maximilian ‘Max’ Bercovicz
Elizabeth McGovern – Deborah Gelly
Treat Williams – James Conway O’Donnell
Tuesday Weld – Carol
Burt Young – Joe Minaldi
Director(s)
Sergio Leone
Writer(s)
Harry Grey
Producer(s)
NA
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
143 wins & 380 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (55) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (7)
The movie’s four hours long, but no one had the time to write a single real character.
January 4, 2018
Paul Attanasio
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
This would-be epic schlep, dragging almost 50 years of chronology over a sluggish 140 minutes, is far too slight of text and ponderous of presentation to sustain more than nodding-off dramatic interest.
May 5, 2017
Gary Arnold
Washington Post
TOP CRITIC
Adding 22 minutes only enhances Leone’s brilliant saga of guilt and betrayal
April 11, 2015 | Rating: 4/4
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
TOP CRITIC
Here was a filmmaker who specialized in pure, blistering images, and this operatic earthiness just doesn’t play as well as the horrifying, salacious stuff.
November 21, 2012 | Rating: 2.5/4
Steve Macfarlane
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Sergio Leone’s languid, lovely and lengthy ode to Lower East Side mobsters (more specifically, mobster films) …
November 20, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
David Fear
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Leone is less interested in arousing an audience’s easier emotions than in presenting, at a dispassionate distance, the horror of two men warily walking toward each other on a tightrope suspended above the snake pit of their , deepest compulsions.
April 12, 2011
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Once Upon a Time in America is a tremendous work that captures the animating ambition and sorrow at the heart of the American Dream.
October 22, 2021
Toussaint Egan
Polygon
…sprawling subject matter that’s employed to admittedly erratic yet often striking effect by Leone…
February 16, 2021 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
…an epic of blinkered nostalgia.
September 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/4
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
The cinematographic style has evolved, but it’s still unmistakably reminiscent of his earlier projects.
September 6, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
A stratosphere-scraping citadel of cinema, nearly everything about Leone’s last film – and greatest masterwork – speaks to the grand illusion of the American Dream.
October 17, 2018
Dom Nero
Esquire Magazine
Complex gangster epic has strong violence, sex.
October 10, 2017 | Rating: 5/5
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Common Sense Media…
Plot
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Robert De Niro and James Woods deliver great performances in this visually stunning and emotionally haunting crime drama.
Sergio-Leone.jpg
Loveless
Loveless (Nelyubov) (2018)
90%RT Audience Score: 83%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Loveless uses its riveting portrait of a family in crisis to offer thought-provoking commentary on modern life in Russia — and the world beyond its borders.
Loveless is a film that will leave you feeling, well, loveless. But in the best way possible! This dark and haunting thriller takes you on a journey through the broken promises of an empire and the emotional malaise of the middle class. The performances are subtle yet wrenching, and the director’s dissection of Russian society is nothing short of riveting. It’s a bleak depiction of modern-day Russia, but one that is successful on numerous fronts. So, if you’re in the mood for a taut, realistic, and brutally honest thriller, Loveless deserves a spot on your watchlist. Just don’t expect any easy resolutions!
Production Company(ies)
Fantasy Films, Bryna Productions N.V., Zvaluw
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
271 North Coastal Highway, Midway, Georgia, USA
MPAA / Certificate
R
Year of Release
1984
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Mono
-
Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
-
Runtime:2h 7m
-
Language(s):English, Russian
-
Country of origin:France, Germany, Russia
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 16, 2018 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 12, 2018
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Loveless, Russian, divorce, family, estranged couple, new partners, missing son, drama, Andrey Zvyagintsev, directed by, Oleg Negin, written by, Gleb Fetisov, Sergey Melkumov, Alexander Rodnyansky, produced by, R, MPAA rating, box office, gross USA, $564.1K, critic reviews, reviewed by, Ben Sachs, Wenlei Ma, Paul Byrnes, David Stratton, Marc Savlov, David Edelstein, Milana Vujkov, Olly Richards, Dan Buffa, Richard Propes, Andrew Gaudion, Lola On Film, actor names, starring Maryana Spivak, Alexey Rozin, Matvey Novikov, Marina Vasileva, Andris Keishs, Daria Pisareva, producer names, genre, drama, original language, Russian, release date, theaters, Feb 16, 2018 Limited, release date, streaming, Jun 12, 2018, sound mix, Dolby Digital, aspect ratio, Scope (2.35:1)
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend:
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Alexey Rozin – Boris
Matvey Novikov – Alyosha
Marina Vasileva – Masha
Andris Keishs – Anton
Daria Pisareva – Dasha
Director(s)
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Writer(s)
Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Producer(s)
Gleb Fetisov, Sergey Melkumov, Alexander Rodnyansky
Film Festivals
Cannes, Telluride, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (186) | Top Critics (56) | Fresh (176) | Rotten (10)
The director may be a master at setting a mood, but his insights here don’t cut especially deep.
March 9, 2020
Ben Sachs
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
An emotionally stark indictment of middle class malaise and the broken promises of an empire, Loveless is one of the best films you’ll see this year.
May 11, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5
Wenlei Ma
News.com.au
TOP CRITIC
It’s a kind of thriller, but without easy resolution. Zvyagintsev does not deal in reassurance: there is none to be had in this cold, hard place.
April 25, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Is this what Russia is really like today? Obviously there’s more to it than this, but this cold yet extremely gifted director’s dissection of his society is never less than riveting.
April 20, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
All three leads give subtly wrenching performances that wouldn’t have been out of place in Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre.
March 29, 2018 | Rating: 3/5
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Loveless is about a state of mind, a lament, an indictment of crimes against the human spirit.
March 26, 2018
David Edelstein
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
Zvyagintsev’s eulogy to humanity lost (…) an absence, rather than a presence. A dark jewel, which, when observed against the light, shows no reflection.
July 29, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Milana Vujkov
Lola On Film
It’s a devastating drama about losing something you didn’t appreciate until you lost it, possibly forever.
April 29, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Olly Richards
NME
Loveless deserves its place at the table of taut, realistic, and brutally honest thrillers.
November 10, 2020
Dan Buffa
KSDK News (St. Louis)
It’s a masterpiece from a filmmaker coming to be known for masterpieces.
September 15, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
This bleak depiction of modern day Russia is successful on numerous fronts, from being both a searing comment on the deep dissatisfaction that resides in the Russian public and as a thriller the likes of Fincher would be proud of.
August 30, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Andrew Gaudion
THN
A fascinating if heart-breaking study.
June 2, 2020
David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter…
Plot
It’s circa 1959/1960 in the rural American south. A group of six bikers is heading to Daytona to watch the races, they having made plans to convene at a prearranged stop along Hwy. 17 so that they can ride down together. That stop – a town where no one would make the conscious decision to live – could be mistaken solely for a truck stop in being a proverbial blip along the road. Their stay is extended for what is estimated to be a day when one them, Hurley, has to make necessary repairs to his motorcycle, this delay which doesn’t sit well with many of the other five in having to endure the boredom of the town. While some of the townsfolk they encounter see them as an injection of excitement in what is otherwise a proverbial backwater, most consider them no better than animals in not wanting to deal with them at all. One of the townsfolk, teenage Telena, hooks up with one of the bikers, Vance, she already used to danger of a different kind in being the daughter of an abusive father, wealthy widowed Tarver, who in some respects rules the town in regulating the flow of oil to the local service station. While many of the encounters between the bikers and the townsfolk have the potential to be explosive, it is that between Vance and Telena which may be the one, if any, to set off the fuse to the powder keg.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Loveless stars Maryana Spivak as Zhenya, Alexey Rozin as Boris, and Matvey Novikov as Alyosha.
Andrey-Zvyagintsev.jpg