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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 47%, Metacritic 48/100. Every source lands within 3 points of the others. Most of the 4,516 2020s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
In 1983 Owl, North Dakota, the lives of three residents – elderly Horace, who spends his afternoons reminiscing in the local coffee shop; teenage Mitch, depressed backup quarterback star player-power-horse; and newly appointed high school English teacher Julia – along with those of the town's other residents, are upended by a historic whiteout blizzard.
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes47%
Metacritic48/100
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Hamish LinklaterDirector
- Hamish LinklaterScreenplay
- Lily RabeDirector
- Patrick WarrenOriginal Music Composer
- Zachary DawesOriginal Music Composer
- T Bone BurnettOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ed HarrisHorace Jones
- Lily RabeJulia Rabia
- August Blanco RosensteinMitch Hrlicka
- Vanessa HudgensNaomi
- Jack Dylan GrazerEli Zebra
- Arianna JaffierRebecca Grooba
- Finn WittrockCoach Laidlaw
- Henry GoldingVance Druid
- Hamish LinklaterPrincipal Valentine
- Matt RoyRandall Harley
- James CravenMarvin
- Emma HalleenKatie Hrlicka
Stills
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Themes
depressionhigh schoolbased on novel or bookcoffee shopnorth dakotablizzardmental healthwoman director1980s