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  • 2008
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Summary From director Peter Tolan, creator of the hit television series Rescue Me, comes Finding Amanda, a hilarious and heartbreaking autobiographical comedy about the compulsions we can’t shake, and the unlikely lengths we’ll go to while trying. Taylor Mendon is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hou...

Directed By: Peter Tolan

Written By: Peter Tolan

  • 2008
  • R
  • HDNet Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2008
  • R
  • HDNet Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Finding Amanda

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
51
User Score Generally Favorable
7.0
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Summary From director Peter Tolan, creator of the hit television series Rescue Me, comes Finding Amanda, a hilarious and heartbreaking autobiographical comedy about the compulsions we can’t shake, and the unlikely lengths we’ll go to while trying. Taylor Mendon is a television writer and producer working on a low-rated, little-respected half-hou...

Directed By: Peter Tolan

Written By: Peter Tolan

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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
51
47% Positive
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6% Negative
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This dark comedy of addiction, delusion and humor as a weapon marks the feature directing debut of veteran writer Peter Tolan.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
67
It's amusing but facile, reasonably clever but hopelessly glib.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
63
Much of Finding Amanda doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, but at its best the still-boyish Broderick suggests his most famous character, Ferris Bueller, going through a midlife crisis.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
Offers a steady supply of clever lines but suffers from the patina of self-loathing common to industry lifers and the unfortunate miscasting of straight-arrow Broderick as a depressed, cynical hack.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
50
A slight, modestly funny comedy.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
40
The problem comes largely in the conception of the hooker-niece character, Amanda, played by Brittany Snow. Tolan never quite figures out whether she is supposed to be a variation on the hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold or a genuinely troubled teen.
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Finding Amanda, unfortunately, is one vast, irritating surface.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Capacity Pictures, MJ Films, The Cloudland Company
Release Date Jun 30, 2008
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating R
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Tagline When it comes to screwing up their lives, some people don't know when to cry uncle.
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Prism Awards
• 3 Nominations

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