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6.1/10 IMDb Directed by Craig Johnson Music by Jon Brion Director Craig Johnson Music director Jon Brion | 39% Rotten Tomatoes 2.5/4 Roger Ebert Screenplay by Daniel Clowes Initial release 24 March 2017 (USA) Adapted from Wilson Distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Jared Goldman
Mary Jane Skalski Based on Wilson
by Daniel Clowes Starring Woody Harrelson
Laura Dern
Isabella Amara
Judy Greer
Cheryl Hines Cast Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Judy Greer, Cheryl Hines, David Warshofsky Similar The Grand, Peep World, Kingsman: The Golden C, Palooka, The Skeleton Twins Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wilson trailer 2017
Wilson is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Craig Johnson and written by Daniel Clowes, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Clowes. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Isabella Amara, Judy Greer, and Cheryl Hines.
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The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017, and released on March 24, 2017, by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Premise
A lonely, neurotic and uncomfortably honest middle-aged man (Woody Harrelson) reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and meets his teenage daughter (Isabella Amara) for the first time.
Cast
Production
The film rights were originally purchased by Fox Searchlight for Alexander Payne to direct. Filming was slated to begin in June 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. On June 25, 2015, Judy Greer and Cheryl Hines joined the cast, and the production had begun filming.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017. The film was originally set to be released on March 3, 2017, but was pushed back to March 24.
Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 39% based on 84 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Woody Harrelson delivers a solid performance as Wilson's titular grump, but the movie surrounding him can't quite manage to make the character's sour outlook consistently relatable." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Despite being critical of the film's third act, Steve Pulaski of Influx Magazine expressed mostly positive sentiments, saying, "Wilson is not a very good movie, but I laughed a lot. By a comedy's standards, that suggests it succeeded at its most difficult hurdle, and it also helps that my love for misanthropic grumps is incredibly high. Up until its titular character is sent to prison for kidnapping his biological daughter with his ex-wife, I was admiring the film's Curb Your Enthusiasm-esque convictions and its humor."