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Summary
The story of Monica Chowdry, a National Spelling Bee champ…from 15 years ago. Life hasn’t quite panned out as expected for Monica since her big win. When her estranged older brother returns home to help care for their sick mother, the siblings must find a way to reconcile.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+22)
Critics 83Audiences 61GoodWatch 61
Tomatometer95%
Metascore71
Audience score67%
IMDb5.4
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most dramas, −18 min on the typical 109
typical 10991Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
2020
August 10, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
English
Original language
24 of 26
Sujata DayMonica Chowdry
Ritesh RajanSonny
Anna KhajaJaya
Jake ChoiRichie
LalaineKrista
LeVar BurtonLeVar Burton
Kunal DudhekerRahul
Sunkrish BalaBaba- ECEsha ChundruYoung Monica
Meera SimhanMrs. Gandhi
Sonal ShahDr. Ali
Tim ChiouDr. Chiou
Parvesh CheenaJimit Uncle
Katrina BowdenCrystal Cane
Eugene ByrdWayland Pines- MKMaya KapoorPayal
- KBKelli BrisbaneLeah Depaul
- TMTony MarinoMr Calabrase
- MKMaybrie KehoeLeslie
- SKSudhir KumarJoshiji
- CDChhabi DechouduryShakshi Auntie
- KCKabir ChopraDr Goodwin
- PCPraneel ChundruYoung Sonny
Cameron FifeLouis
Directing · 3
- Sujata Day Director, Writer, Producer
- Ricardo Herrera First Assistant Director
- Bryce Feeser Second Assistant Director
Production · 7
- Lamont Magee Executive Producer
- Rey Cuerdo Executive Producer
- Hiren C. Surti Executive Producer
- Ahmad Cory Jubran Executive Producer
- Dan Evans III Executive Producer
- Cameron Fife Producer
Camera · 1
- Brooks Ludwick Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Emilie Aubry Editor
- Niles Howard Editor
Sound · 1
- Amanda Jones Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Kaitlin McHugh Production Design
- Raquel Bouvy Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Rachel Vallozzi Costume Design
- Vyvy Tran Makeup Department Head
- Bunny Giuliani Hairstylist
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