Margaret

2011 2h 30m EN

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6.4

MID

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75%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

⭐

6.5

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 351🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes●61Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 19,793

Drama

Synopsis

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17-year-old Lisa feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in causing a traffic accident that claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and, most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Anna Paquin
Lisa Cohen
J. Smith-Cameron
Joan
Mark Ruffalo
Maretti
Jeannie Berlin
Emily
Jean Reno
Ramon
Sarah Steele
Becky
John Gallagher Jr.
Darren
Cyrus Hernstadt
Curtis

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Writers: Kenneth Lonergan, Patrick Campbell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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4 / 8

CAST

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204+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kenneth Lonergan, shot by Ryszard Lenczewski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nico Muhly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mike Fay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Anna Paquin and J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Ruffalo carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenneth Lonergan directs. Ryszard Lenczewski behind the camera. Nico Muhly scores. Mike Fay cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 15 years ago.
4204+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Kenneth Lonergan, shot by Ryszard Lenczewski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Nico Muhly. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mike Fay shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Anna Paquin and J. Smith-Cameron and Mark Ruffalo carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0466893 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "new york city", "opera", "police", "truth".