A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
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- 10 wins & 18 nominations
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- TriviaOriginally scheduled for release in 2007, but writer/director Kenneth Lonergan spent four more years struggling with Fox Searchlight Pictures over the final cut, resulting in several lawsuits.
- GoofsWhen Lisa comes home after the accident, throws up and hugs her mother, there's no blood on her arms and hands. In the next shots under the shower, there is plenty.
- Alternate versionsExtended version released on DVD runs for 178 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Maltin on Movies: Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Featured review
Lonergan is simply brilliant
Lonergan is simply brilliant. The way he combines real life drama with literary references by that showing his characters inclination to intellectually interpret dramatic events and their gut reaction to them, is just incredible. This is by far the best movie of 2011 and the fact that is wasn't even nominated for an Oscar shows just how flawed the Hollywood promotion machine is.
I've seen quite a lot of reactions from viewers that leave me mystified: Lisa's a spoiled brat, no more of Paquin's screaming, the film takes forever blabla.... I have a suggestion for you : go see Spiderman or some action movie that will keep you satisfied in terms of pace because you certainly didn't get anything out of this movie. It has nothing to do with how likable Lisa is. This is a coming of age movie. And yeah even spoiled upper class brats go through it and its always dramatic. Anna captures it superbly. I haven't seen such compelling writing for a female lead in quite a while.
I've seen quite a lot of reactions from viewers that leave me mystified: Lisa's a spoiled brat, no more of Paquin's screaming, the film takes forever blabla.... I have a suggestion for you : go see Spiderman or some action movie that will keep you satisfied in terms of pace because you certainly didn't get anything out of this movie. It has nothing to do with how likable Lisa is. This is a coming of age movie. And yeah even spoiled upper class brats go through it and its always dramatic. Anna captures it superbly. I haven't seen such compelling writing for a female lead in quite a while.
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- sherlock_cumber
- Jul 15, 2012
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Box office
- Budget
- $14,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $46,495
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,525
- Oct 2, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $564,864
- Runtime2 hours 30 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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