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Downtown Owl

Summary Life in a small town is always hard, but what about a small town that’s about to be hit with a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm? That’s what the citizens of Owl, North Dakota are about to experience in the winter of 1984. This snowstorm - and the leadup to it - brings together three very different people: nostalgic football fan Horace (Ed Ha...

Directed By: Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe

Written By: Chuck Klosterman, Hamish Linklater

  • 2024
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2024
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 31 m

Downtown Owl

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Life in a small town is always hard, but what about a small town that’s about to be hit with a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm? That’s what the citizens of Owl, North Dakota are about to experience in the winter of 1984. This snowstorm - and the leadup to it - brings together three very different people: nostalgic football fan Horace (Ed Ha...

Directed By: Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe

Written By: Chuck Klosterman, Hamish Linklater

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
48
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
48
14% Positive
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71% Mixed
5 Reviews
14% Negative
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70
Apr 23, 2024
The tyro directors manage to thread a tricky needle with their first feature, navigating the chasm and the overlap between agitated and quiet, between cartoon brightness and angst.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
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Apr 23, 2024
It’s a slice of life, surely, but a meager one at that.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 23, 2024
The drama in Downtown Owl often feels stilted and too locked in to Klosterman’s observations instead of the character’s actions.
By Marshall Shaffer FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 22, 2024
It’s an occasionally interesting, well-acted mess.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
42
Jun 12, 2023
Despite its rueful musings on the time that passes whether or not you’re properly occupying yourself, and despite the clear passion Rabe and Linklater exhibit for this material, Downtown Owl persists in a kind of circular ramble. It’s so transfixed by the process of muddling through that the movie itself becomes an indistinct muddle of its own.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 23, 2024
The characters have a myriad of flaws and plights that would have made them compelling, but the film fails to explore them beyond the surface.
By Mae Abdulbaki FULL REVIEW
34
Jun 9, 2023
This is a movie that neither works as a quirky dark comedy about the hapless people of a small town (on that note, the film is painfully unfunny), nor as a period piece on the anxieties of the Reagan era, no matter how many “1984” references the characters throw at you.
By Tomris Laffly FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Esme Grace Media/COIL, Kill Claudio Productions, Lucky 13 Productions, Three Point Capital (TPC)
Release Date Apr 23, 2024
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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