Am I OK?

"It's never too late to figure it out."

2024 1h 26m EN

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6.3

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81%

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METACRITIC

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6.1

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 363🍅81%Rotten Tomatoes●72Metacritic★6.1IMDB · 14,695

ComedyRomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces she's moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret. As Jane tries to help Lucy, their friendship is thrown into chaos.

“It's never too late to figure it out.”

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Cast

Dakota Johnson
Lucy
Sonoya Mizuno
Jane
Jermaine Fowler
Danny
Kiersey Clemons
Brittany
Molly Gordon
Kat
Whitmer Thomas
Ben
Sean Hayes
Stu
Tig Notaro
Sheila

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tig Notaro
Writers: Lauren Pomerantz
Languages: Spanish, English, Dutch
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, Dutch.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tig Notaro, shot by Cristina Dunlap. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno and Jermaine Fowler carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's never too late to figure it out.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tig Notaro directs. Cristina Dunlap behind the camera. Craig Wedren scores. Glen Scantlebury cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English, Dutch.

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186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Spanish, English, Dutch.
4Directed by Tig Notaro, shot by Cristina Dunlap. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Craig Wedren. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Glen Scantlebury shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno and Jermaine Fowler carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's never too late to figure it out.".
9IMDB entry: tt11225626 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Cristina Dunlap
Original score: Craig Wedren
Editing: Glen Scantlebury
Production design: Christopher Brown
Makeup / hair: Alexis Kleyla
VFX supervisor: Charles Dulin
Sound: Chris Scarabosio
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Am I OK? (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 81% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 72/100
IMDB rating: 6.1/10 · 14,695 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations total

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Brent Marchant2024-06-09
★ 5/10
Coming out isn’t always an easy process, especially for anyone who has lingering doubts about his or her sexual orientation. However, given the prevailing conditions present in contemporary society, this gay comedy-drama from directors Stephanie Allynne and Tig Nataro stretches credibility where that notion is concerned. Thirty-two-year-old Angelino Lucy (Dakota Johnson) can’t figure herself out sexually speaking. She’s not particularly interested in men, as her sometimes-male companion, Ben (Whitmer Thomas), finds out, but she’s not sure if she’s genuinely attracted to women. She spends considerable time with her bestie, Jane (Sonoya Mizuno), a straight woman whom she’s known for years but who is also about to relocate from Los Angeles to London for work, a development about which Lucy has mixed feelings. So, when Lucy at last opens up to Jane about her possible lesbian leanings, she does all she can to get her friend a date before she leaves for England. But, somewhat perplexingly, Lucy hesitates at every turn, fearful of what might transpire. And therein lies the problem with this film – it’s just not believable. If this picture were made (or set) 40 years ago, when social acceptance of alternative lifestyles was more problematic, then it would probably come across as more plausible. But, given current conditions, it’s simply not convincing. If Lucy were to live in an isolated conservative small town, it might be more conceivable, but she lives in Los Angeles, for goodness sake, where alternative sexuality is virtually a prerequisite for residency. Lucy’s exaggerated whining about her reluctance to move forward grows tiresome, too, and it’s easy to see why Jane loses patience with her. That’s a problem compounded by Johnson’s underwhelming performance, which is annoying and anything but persuasive. The script’s humor is fairly thin, too, save for the laughs generated in cameo appearances by LGBTQ+ icons like Sean Hayes and Nataro, who delivers a positively hilarious performance as a deadpan New Age retreat facilitator. But the film genuinely could use more of these edgy narrative elements (along with greater overall believability) to succeed as a viable release. In fact, given Nataro’s reputation as a source of outrageously sidesplitting comedy, this project is surprisingly tame and inherently more conventional than what one would expect out of someone so innately talented. The picture’s aptly timed streaming release for Pride Month isn’t at all unexpected, but it’s genuinely unfortunate that this just isn’t a very good movie. Gay cinema has come a long way in recent decades, but this offering feels like an anachronistic throwback to the early days of the genre. We’ve seen stories much like this before, but the LGBTQ+ community deserves something more inventive – and better overall – at this point.

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