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A Balasaur Score of 76 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 80/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
14-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry — a housewife and a golf pro — in a small town in 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job (and his sense of purpose) he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
797 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul DanoScreenplay
- Paul DanoDirector
- Zoe KazanScreenplay
- David LangOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jake GyllenhaalJerry Brinson
- Carey MulliganJeanette Brinson
- Ed OxenbouldJoe Brinson
- Zoe CollettiRuth-Ann
- Bill CampWarren Miller
- Travis W BruyerForester
- Tom Huston OrrMr. Cartwright
- Darryl CoxClarence Snow
- Ginger GilmartinReceptionist
- Michael GibbonsCoach
- Mollie MilliganEsther
- John WalpolePhotographer
Stills
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Themes
infidelityfirebased on novel or bookmontanabusgolfteenage boy1960swildfire
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