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  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary Fort Tilden: New York City’s secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn’s hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (Clare McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Bridey Elliot) awai...

Written By: Charles Rogers

  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2015
  • R
  • Orion Pictures
  • 1 h 38 m

Fort Tilden

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.2
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Summary Fort Tilden: New York City’s secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn’s hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (Clare McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Bridey Elliot) awai...

Written By: Charles Rogers

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
14 Reviews
13% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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91
Aug 12, 2015
For all its exquisite theater-of-cruelty viciousness, Fort Tilden is finally a work of empathy about people whose own supplies are running on empty.
By Adam Nayman FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 13, 2015
Fort Tilden is cringe-worthy but true. Maybe that's why it's so uncomfortable to watch.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 13, 2015
Comparisons to HBO's "Girls" will abound, but Fort Tilden has a more satirical bent than Lena Dunham's much-talked-about show.
By Molly Eichel FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 11, 2015
Allie and Harper are basically unlikable, but played with a light touch and just enough distance from their own unthinking cruelty to remain funny.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 14, 2014
Fort Tilden, the debut feature co-written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, showcases a satirical voice so dyspeptic it’s almost endearing, never letting the abrasive lead characters – or anyone else for that matter – off the hook for their self-absorbed entitlement.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 3, 2015
Real insecurities live deep beneath the frenemies’ cringe-worthy obliviousness, though all credit to the filmmakers for allowing their comeuppance to contain none of the empathy the girls deny everyone else.
By Nathalie Atkinson FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 11, 2015
It’s like “Girls” with more funky New York locations, but with less sex, and with fewer laughs.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
6.2
30% Positive
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60% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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30% Positive
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60% Mixed
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10% Negative
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Production Company Orion Pictures
Release Date Aug 14, 2015
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.forttildenthemovie.com/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Independent Film Festival of Boston
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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