Fall in love with the grumpiest man in the world.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Tom Hanks, Mack Bayda, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton |
Director |
Marc Forster |
Screenplay | David Magee, from the bbok by Fredrik Backman and script by Hannes Holm |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Matthias Koenigswieser |
Editing | Matt Chesse |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Made in | 2022 |
Produced by | 2DUX², Playtone, SF Productions, SF Studios, STX Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment |
IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Comedy, drama |
Language | None (sic) |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | None (sic) |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving suicide attempts, and language. |
Runtime | 126 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
15: Suitable for 15 years and older | Suicide theme |
Runtime | 126 |
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Metacritic.com 36 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 177 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Check all cynicism at the door and allow A Man Called Otto to tug at your heartstrings with its tried-and-true tune -- it just might sing. | 14 | |
CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Neighborly love warms comedy about suicidal curmudgeon. | 20 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy the offering definitely gives off enough warm and fuzzy vibes to pull on the heartstrings and make us care about the characters. And give budding misanthropes like me hope that I can avoid ending up like those crusty old men I used to come across as a younger person. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 28 users | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes users 2500+ users | 17 | |
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter | 19 | |
IMDB 7639 Netizens | 15 | |
The Movie DB Community | 15 | |
Average .. 76% | 15 |