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- 2018
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 33 m
- 2018
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Based on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another a variety of ways.
Directed By: Rachel Dretzin, Jamila Ephron
- 2018
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 33 m
- 2018
- Unrated
- Sundance Selects
- 1 h 33 m
Far from the Tree
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7.6
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Summary Based on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another a variety of ways.
Directed By: Rachel Dretzin, Jamila Ephron
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
87% Positive
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13 Reviews
7% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
87% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The documentary is an attempt, in the words of those behind the film, to “investigate the very nature of family itself.” That this attempt is overreaching and diffuse does not detract from the film’s sporadic power.
This is a powerful movie about human nature and how no matter where we end up — and who we end up with — we wake up each day and adjust.
Trump plays no part in Rachel Dretzin’s Far from the Tree, a documentary distilled from Andrew Solomon’s nonfiction novel of the same name, but the film rebukes his cruelty regardless by doing what cinema does so well: highlighting humanity.
Brisk and deeply engrossing.
People can find ways to be happy now because they have more choices, more resources. In a world that seems in many respects to be headed to hell in a handbasket, that’s a fact worth celebrating, and this movie does so in an appropriately humane manner.
At an hour and a half, the often-inspiring documentary Far From the Tree plays like a companion piece to or a preview for Andrew Solomon’s best-selling 2012 book, which, with notes, runs more than 1,000 pages.
The very act of having kids and demanding perfect conformity from them is never questioned by the film.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 User Ratings
7.6
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Production Company
Ark Media,
Flux Films,
Participant
Release Date Jul 20, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Unrated
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