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  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m

Summary Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks) is a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol (Mariana Treviño), leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some families co...

Directed By: Marc Forster

Written By: Fredrik Backman, Hannes Holm, David Magee

  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m
  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 2 h 6 m

A Man Called Otto

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
51
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 212 User Ratings
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Summary Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks) is a grumpy widower who is very set in his ways. When a lively young family moves in next door, he meets his match in quick-witted and very pregnant Marisol (Mariana Treviño), leading to an unlikely friendship that will turn his world upside-down. Experience a funny, heartwarming story about how some families co...

Directed By: Marc Forster

Written By: Fredrik Backman, Hannes Holm, David Magee

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
12 Reviews
58% Mixed
21 Reviews
8% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 36 Critic Reviews
51
33% Positive
12 Reviews
58% Mixed
21 Reviews
8% Negative
3 Reviews

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75
Jan 11, 2023
The film chronicles suicide in a surprisingly forthright and unflinching way, and it takes an unexpectedly long time to reach its foregone conclusion. Still, Otto’s sweet, sentimental tone is not unwelcomed in the depths of a winter dogged by troublesome headlines on all fronts.
By Kim Hughes FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 28, 2022
The film is made with a level of craft and simple competence that has become shockingly rare. A genuine movie star is allowed to radiate charisma and charm, and all the performances have character nuance and emotional depth.
By Mark Olsen FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 212 User Ratings
8.0
78% Positive
166 Ratings
15% Mixed
32 Ratings
7% Negative
14 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 212 User Ratings
8.0
78% Positive
166 Ratings
15% Mixed
32 Ratings
7% Negative
14 Ratings

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10
Ramezi
Apr 23, 2024
من اجمل الافلام الممتعة التي تتحدث عن الصداقة وذلك الرجل النبيه واللبيب الذي يتمتع بحس قوي وعقل نشيط
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Anastasiya_72
Apr 22, 2024
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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60
Jan 10, 2023
A Man Called Otto taps into a seemingly unquenchable audience appetite for stories of cantankerous grumps redeemed by the healing embrace of community.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
58
Dec 28, 2022
While “Otto” may reach fresh audiences who’d otherwise balk at subtitles, this sluggish rendition is unlikely to inspire anyone to seek out the original.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW
50
Jan 4, 2023
On film, goosed along by Thomas Newman’s jaunty score and a generically weepy power ballad co-written and performed by Hanks’ wife and producing partner, Rita Wilson, the effect is hollow, placating. They’ve turned themes of great love, loss, and the will to keep going into … easy listening.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
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Jan 10, 2023
It’s a hard film to despise, and it works perfectly well as a supercharged Movie of the Week for the Hallmark Channel, but the lack of attention to detail and nuance mean that much of the film comes off as maudlin fluff rather than lightly philosophical tearjerker.
By David Jenkins FULL REVIEW
30
Dec 29, 2022
There’s laying it on thick, there’s laying it on with a trowel, and there’s laying it on like A Man Called Otto.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
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Bewar705
Apr 22, 2024
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Apr 22, 2024
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KeirAndo
Jul 4, 2023
It wasn't awful, but it went exactly like you could have predicted from the start
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Xtan
Aug 6, 2023
Please watch the original "a man called ove". Producers, stopp recreating good films in a bad way -.-
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hnestlyonthesly
May 22, 2023
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Production Company 2DUX², Artistic Films, Big Indie Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Playtone, SF Productions, SF Studios, STX Entertainment, Sony Pictures Releasing, TSG Entertainment
Release Date Dec 30, 2022
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Fall in love with the grumpiest man in America.
Website https://sfstudios.se/campaign/a-man-called-otto
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Awards

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 2 Nominations
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 2 Nominations
Christopher Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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