Finding Forrester fingerprintBig heart, strong craft.
Calm and low-key
Moving and hopeful
Much of it is about growing up.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and the mind
Standout characters, performances, and dialogue
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Finding Forrester is calm and low-intensity.
Moving and hopeful
Much of it is about growing up.
Emotionally, it's moving, hopeful, and cathartic. Much of it is about growing up.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some sharp wit.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and the mind
Its world is built around everyday modern life, growing up, and the mind.
Standout characters, performances, and dialogue
The characters, performances, and dialogue stand out.
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In an ordinary place, he found the one person to make his life extraordinary.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Finding Forrester is included with a subscription to Hulu in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72/100 (IMDb 7.3, Rotten Tomatoes 74%, and Metacritic 91). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States.
2 h 16 min
Finding Forrester runs 2 h 16 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Finding Forrester higher (83) than audiences (74). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Roughly broke even. It cost about $43 million to make and earned $80 million worldwide, 1.9 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
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TV Tropes lists 30 storytelling tropes for Finding Forrester, including Intergenerational Friendship, Scotireland, Deadpan Snarker.
7.3
