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2019
R
Utopia
1 h 28 m

2019
R
Utopia
1 h 28 m

Summary It’s April in Anaconda, Montana, and headstrong teenager Mickey Peck (Camila Morrone) is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father (James Badge Dale) afloat, navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the west coast and finally livi...

Drama

Directed By: Annabelle Attanasio

Written By: Annabelle Attanasio

2019
R
Utopia
1 h 28 m

2019
R
Utopia
1 h 28 m

Mickey and the Bear

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews

79

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

6.7

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Summary It’s April in Anaconda, Montana, and headstrong teenager Mickey Peck (Camila Morrone) is doing what she can to keep her single, veteran father (James Badge Dale) afloat, navigating his mercurial moods, opioid addiction, and grief over the loss of his wife. Secretly, Mickey fantasizes of going to college on the west coast and finally livi...

Drama

Directed By: Annabelle Attanasio

Written By: Annabelle Attanasio

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

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Washington Post

Dec 12, 2019

This is one of the most exciting breakout films of the year, introducing Attanasio as a vibrant new voice in American cinema. More, please.

By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

Nov 13, 2019

It's worth seeking out for the way it observes psychologically complex small-town characters struggling to endure present-day hardships and past traumas.

By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Nov 21, 2019

It’s all a very believable, close-quarters theater of exhaustion and pain, with moments of lightness and warmth that only add to the difficulty of Mickey’s predicament, and all of it captured in alluring fixed images of depth and color by cinematographer Conor Murphy.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Dec 4, 2019

Morrone is superb in the part, exuding a sort of saintly solitude while caught up in the midst of turmoil from within and without. Even at its most dire, Mickey and the Bear is tinged with an almost holy hope for all involved, a rare and remarkable feat to pull off so well for a first-time director indeed.

By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

Nov 14, 2019

Both performances at the film’s center are just outstanding.

By Andrew Bundy FULL REVIEW

Nov 12, 2019

Mickey and the Bear is to be relished for its performances and its gritty indie cinema sense of place.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Mar 20, 2019

Straightforward but skillfully nuanced ... There’s nothing wildly original in form or content to this modest tale. But it’s never obvious or melodramatic, delivering a satisfying degree of emotional resonance while providing James Badge Dale an arresting role as the problematic dad.

By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

43% Positive
3 Ratings

57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings

43% Positive
3 Ratings

57% Mixed
4 Ratings

0% Negative
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Details

Production Company Thick Media Co., Shorelight Pictures

Release Date Nov 13, 2019

Duration 1 h 28 m

Rating R

Genres

Drama

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Awards

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Nantucket Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

New Hampshire Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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