Summary
As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament. A devoted young mother, her life was right on track until her husband found her dead. Filmmaker Andy Ostroy has been fighting to discover the truth about his wife’s death ever since.
Good for
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 88Audiences 73GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer100%
Metascore75
Audience score84%
IMDb7.4
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.6/5
User score6.0
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9698Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 90 countries
+80Released
2021
November 14, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
PortugueseSpanishMade in
United States
and 9 moreDirecting · 1
- Andy Ostroy Director, Producer
Production · 4
- Lisa Heller Executive Producer
- Marc Levin Executive Producer
- Nancy Abraham Executive Producer
- Jillian A. Goldstein Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Trish Govoni Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Kristen Nutile Editor
- Angela Gandini Editor
Sound · 3
- Andrew Hollander Music
- Evan Benjamin Sound Designer
- Peter Ginsburg Production Sound Mixer
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