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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary James has a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. Living in New York City, the child of divorced parents who may be better served examining their own lives, James rejects all the assumptions that govern the adult world around him, including the expectation that he will go college in the Fall. Grappling with his f...

Directed By: Roberto Faenza

Written By: Peter Cameron, Dahlia Heyman, Roberto Faenza

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • FilmBuff
  • 1 h 35 m

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary James has a deep appreciation for the world and no idea how to live in it. Living in New York City, the child of divorced parents who may be better served examining their own lives, James rejects all the assumptions that govern the adult world around him, including the expectation that he will go college in the Fall. Grappling with his f...

Directed By: Roberto Faenza

Written By: Peter Cameron, Dahlia Heyman, Roberto Faenza

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33
Oct 3, 2012
Not only doesn't achieve empathy for the minor plights of its human noodle of a hero Toby Regbo, it might actually make audiences understand the urge to bully.
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30
Oct 4, 2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, a film based on Peter Cameron's novel, is several kinds of excruciating.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 2, 2012
These 2-D characters might as well be wearing T-shirts that say things like "Predatory College Professor" and "Self-Obsessed Father" on them.
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20
Oct 4, 2012
Irritating and clichéd.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
16
Oct 6, 2012
We strongly insist that any pain you experience while watching this movie will never be useful, anytime or anyplace.
By Kevin Jagernauth FULL REVIEW
12
Oct 3, 2012
Roberto Faenza shoots his Manhattan-set action with a glossiness that's as bland as the soundtrack ballads.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Jean Vigo Italia, Rai Cinema, Four of a Kind Productions, The 7th Floor, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rose Pictures
Release Date Oct 5, 2012
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.facebook.com/SomedayThisPainWillBeUsefulToYou
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Awards

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, Italy
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Ciak Awards
• 1 Nomination

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