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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 83/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 7,030 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic83/100
1,260 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike MillsDirector
- Roger NeillOriginal Music Composer
- Mike MillsWriter
Cast
- Annette BeningDorothea
- Elle FanningJulie
- Greta GerwigAbbie
- Billy CrudupWilliam
- Lucas Jade ZumannJamie
- Alison ElliottJulie's Mother
- Thea GillAbbie's Mother
- Vitaly Andrew LeBeauYoung Jamie
- Olivia HoneJulie's Sister
- Waleed ZuaiterCharlie
- Curran WaltersMatt
- Darrell Britt-GibsonJulian
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Themes
parent child relationship1970sbalconyfeminismpunk rockcoming of agefeministfree spiritsingle mothergeneration gapsanta barbara, californiamother son relationship
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