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6.3/10
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A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 8 nominations
André 3000
- Eric
- (as André Benjamin)
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- TriviaThe art pieces that Lizzy created in the movie have been made by artist Cynthia Lahti, who lives in Portland, and whose work writer-director Kelly Reichardt has followed for a long time. She also happened to be a longtime friend of Jonathan Raymond, who is the co-writer of this movie. Her work was on Reichardt's mind as she was writing the movie, but when Reichardt first contacted her, she was on the verge of giving up her career. She trained Michelle Williams in sculpting before filming, and while working on the movie, she found a renewed urge to create. By the end of the shoot, she had created so many new pieces that it became difficult to walk inside her workshop.
- GoofsIn the first scene Eric uses the kiln, he lays Lizzie's freshly glazed pieces directly on the shelves. This would actually ruin the kiln shelves and the pieces while firing as glaze melts when it's hot and transforms into a glass-like matter which would stick to the shelves.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits roll over a shot of an art student weaving on a loom.
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Vague, Meandering and Ultimately Inconsequential
When I come across a film that's the cinematic equivalent of witnessing the emperor's nakedness, I feel compelled to shout it from the rooftops, something I would readily do with regard to this latest comedy-drama from director Kelly Reichardt. This plodding, meandering, insular, minimalist, frequently inscrutable offering tells the "story" (if it can even be called that) of a Portland ceramic sculpture artist (Michelle Williams) struggling to create her works for an upcoming gallery show when faced with the distracting burdens of mundane domestic crises and incendiary but largely unexplained family issues. However, little happens here, and the narrative is more of a showcase for the movie's artwork than a vehicle with a definable plot, a problem further enhanced by a lack of any meaningful back story and solid character development (I guess that what they mean by "nuanced"). Indeed, one can tell when a release like this is truly in trouble when its most interesting and best defined characters are a housecat and an injured pigeon. The picture's feeble attempts at humor nearly always fall flat, too, most of which are drier than dust (there's subtle and then there's inconsequential). It really troubles me when I see a seriously undercooked production like this undeservedly becoming widely acclaimed with over-inflated accolades. I've found this also to be the case with many of this filmmaker's other works, but "Showing Up" represents a new low in her filmography. Not even the award-winning ensemble cast, with the likes of Williams, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Amanda Plummer and Maryann Plunkett - the picture's only noteworthy asset - can save this one from its own inherent failings. Experimental cinema is one thing, but unfocused, pointless, stream of consciousness filmmaking is something else entirely.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- 現身
- Filming locations
- Portland, Oregon, USA(3032 SE 25th Avenue)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $754,483
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $63,418
- Apr 9, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $1,222,428
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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