A 10-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to rec... Read allA 10-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institution.A 10-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institution.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe first feature film to use the Arri Alexa M camera.
- GoofsOn T.S's journey, the train stops in North Platte, Nebraska. The mistake was the city title on the screen was spelled North Plate, Nebraska.
- Quotes
T.S. Spivet: The amazing thing about water drops is that they always take the path of least resistance. For humans it's exactly the opposite.
- Alternate versionsUK versions are dubbed to replace a use of the word "motherfucker" with "melon farmer" for a 12A rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Est-ce que ça marche?: Episode #1.10 (2013)
- SoundtracksTchang Fou
Written by Eric Mallet and Dominique Guiot
The film comes across as this little humble tale of something possibly real, and emotionally touching, whilst being both enlightening and saddening at times. Nothing like 'Home Alone' or any of those sorts of movies. It's just that I can see how to some, the film may be perceived as being somewhat bland, and in some ways yes, but for the most part no. You really will become greatly involved all the way throughout the movie. The cinematography is brilliant, as you would expect from Jean Pierre Jeunet, director of Amelie and Micmacs etc. It accompanies the magical style and point of view that T.S. Spivet holds, without overpowering the film as a whole. The screenplay is brilliant, really working off of the original books. In addition, every character feels essential. It doesn't waste time with characters unneeded, and feels much more compact for it. The story has many a twist and turn in store for you and will make you well up inside. The reason mainly being in the ending, where there is a major plot point, and we can feel every emotion possible from every single character, because by the end, you really have grown to love them. You've connected with them, and you feel for them. Slightly strange at times and brilliantly acted, to which, I see great things in-store for Kyle Catlett (T.S. Spivet). T.S. Spivet is definitely one to watch with the entire family. Prepare yourselves, hearts will be uplifted. There's only two flaws with this movie... some people may feel like it's not "entertaining" or "funny" enough, to which it's not supposed to be... It's touching, brilliant and a really adventure, (And do you know what, it's a little bit funny too). The second flaw, is that some of the characters are a little bit of a caricature, especially with the stereotypical police officer and Two Clouds just being thrown in for good measure, where they just act as fillers, however, as fillers go, they're still really good.
Final Grade: A-
Not quite Jeunet's best work, but it does the trick. Original and clever, and connects emotionally... and a little bit surreal. The Jean Pierre hat-trick has been successfully pulled off. A worthwhile watch.
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- Mcfarlanej
- Apr 8, 2014
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Неймовірна подорож містера Співета
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $33,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $173,564
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $33,658
- Aug 2, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $9,494,789
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1