Too Late to Die Young (Tarde para morir joven) (2019)
75%RT Audience Score: 52%
Awards & Nominations: 6 wins & 16 nominations
Too Late to Die Young uses one family’s experiences as the foundation for a dreamily absorbing drama with a poignant, lingering warmth
Too Late to Die Young is like a Polaroid picture that’s been left out in the sun too long – hazy, nostalgic, and a little bit dreamy. It’s a coming-of-age story set in Chile that doesn’t rely on plot, but instead focuses on the emotional turmoil of its characters. While some critics found the characters to be bland and lacking nuance, I found them to be perfectly lovely in their imperfections. It’s a mood movie that’s perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon when you just want to get lost in a dreamy world.
Production Company(ies)
Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, Canfield Pictures,
Distributor
KimStim
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2019
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.66 : 1
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Runtime:1h 50m
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Language(s):Spanish
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Country of origin:Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Qatar
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 31, 2019 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 20, 2019
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Too Late to Die Young, drama, Chile, 1990, coming-of-age, family, love, fear, Dominga Sotomayor, directed by Dominga Sotomayor, produced by Dominga Sotomayor and Rodrigo Teixeira, written by Dominga Sotomayor, Demian Hernández, starring Demian Hernández as Sofia, Antar Machado, starring Antar Machado as Lucas, Magdalena Tótoro, starring Magdalena Tótoro as Clara, Matías Oviedo, starring Matías Oviedo as Ignacio, Andrés Aliaga, starring Andrés Aliaga as Roberto, Antonia Zegers, starring Antonia Zegers as Elena, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Tim Cogshell, reviewed by José Teodoro, reviewed by Mike D’Angelo, reviewed by Monica Castillo, reviewed by Justin Chang, reviewed by Steve Davis, reviewed by Yasser Medina, reviewed by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, reviewed by Steven Sheehan, reviewed by Alonso Díaz de la Vega, reviewed by Bessie Rubinstein, drama movie, Spanish language, KimStim, 1 hour 50 minutes, poignant, warm, nostalgic, dreamy, emotional, adolescence, maturity, female liberties, childhood, reverie, convention
Worldwide gross: $24,487
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $28,294
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,110
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 3,085
US/Canada gross: $16,591
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $19,170
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,801
US/Canada opening weekend: $6,196
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $7,159
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,766
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
Antar Machado – Lucas
Magdalena Tótoro – Clara
Matías Oviedo – Ignacio
Andrés Aliaga – Roberto
Antonia Zegers – Elena
Dominga Sotomayor – Director/Producer/Writer
Rodrigo Teixeira – Producer
Director(s)
Dominga Sotomayor
Writer(s)
Dominga Sotomayor
Producer(s)
Dominga Sotomayor, Rodrigo Teixeira
Film Festivals
Sundance, Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
6 wins & 16 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (56) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (2)
I love this perfectly lovely little movie.
October 1, 2019
Tim Cogshell
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Too Late to Die Young’s strengths lie in the expansiveness of both its portraiture and its mise en scène: while Hernández gives a moving, nuanced performance, Sofia’s emotional turmoil is more affecting for being placed against those around her
June 17, 2019
José Teodoro
Film Comment Magazine
TOP CRITIC
For better and worse (mostly better), Too Late To Die Young is a mood movie, situated on an emotional precipice.
June 10, 2019 | Rating: B+
Mike D’Angelo
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
“Too Late to Die Young” almost has a timeless quality to it, a period unencumbered by outdated tech and dusty cultural references. But this dreamy world would not exist without the outside forces that go unmentioned.
June 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/4
Monica Castillo
RogerEbert.com
TOP CRITIC
“Too Late to Die Young” doesn’t pretend to show us everything, which makes it all the more remarkable just how much it sees.
June 6, 2019
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
There’s little plot in the traditional sense and much is purposely left unexplained. The movie feels like something culled from memory.
June 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Its bucolic coming-of-age portrait examines adolescence, maturity and female liberties around puerile situations and is populated, for the most part, by a cast of bland characters who lack nuance. [Full review in Spanish]
June 9, 2022 | Rating: 4/10
Yasser Medina
Cinemaficionados
A coming-of-age and slice-of-life drama set in Chile.
March 6, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality & Practice
Visually, Castillo’s hazy, nostalgic look back at this key period in the country’s recent history is akin to watching events as seen through a series of washed out Polaroid pictures.
February 6, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Steven Sheehan
The Digital Fix
Dominga Sotomayor returns to the nostalgia of childhood and finds space, even, for reverie and convention. [Full Review in Spanish]
October 20, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
Alonso Díaz de la Vega
Cine Premiere
A tender portrait of children deserting their fidelity to the optimism in which they can no longer believe.
September 26, 2019
Bessie Rubinstein
Another Gaze
Watching Too Late to Die Young felt like being carried by a gentle stream. It has a dreamlike, even-keeled quality one doesn’t find in many Hollywood movies.
September 11, 2019
Debbie Holloway
Narrative Muse…
Plot
During the summer of 1990 in Chile, three kids face their first loves and fears in the dreamily absorbing drama Too Late to Die Young.
Trivia
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