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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 81/100. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 6,639 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic81/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
110 audience votes
Key crew
- Josephine DeckerDirector
- Josephine DeckerWriter
- Caroline ShawOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Helena HowardMadeline
- Molly ParkerEvangeline
- Miranda JulyRegina
- Okwui OkpokwasiliNurse, KK
- Sunita ManiAssistant Max
- Eva SteinmetzClaire, Woman in Pig Mask
- Felipe BonillaSantos, Cousin Elmer
- Lolo HahaAart
- Jorge Torres-TorresAlejandro, Craps
- Lisa B. TharpsLaura
- Dana EskelsonLamo
- Sophie TraubHollie, Dr. French
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Themes
pregnancytheatre groupcoming of agemental illnessdream sequencementor protégé relationshipwoman directormother daughter relationshipreality shiftsimprovisational theatre