Paper Spiders

Name: Paper Spiders
Genre: Drama
Released: May 7, 2021
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 68
Cast: David Rasche, Deanna McKinney, Hunter Foster, Ian Nelson, Jennifer Cody

2021

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Entertainment Squad | Release Date: May 7, 2021 | TV-MA

Starring: David Rasche, Deanna McKinney, Hunter Foster, Ian Nelson, Jennifer Cody, Lili Taylor, Max Casella, Michael Cyril Creighton, Peyton List, Stefania Owen, Tom Papa

Summary: Dawn (Lili Taylor) recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie (Stefania Owen) plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challengingDawn (Lili Taylor) recently lost her husband and experiences growing anxiety as her daughter Melanie (Stefania Owen) plans to move away for college. An argument with a hostile new neighbor aggravates Dawn’s mental condition, and she begins to show signs of paranoid delusions. Melanie attempts a series of interventions, but challenging Dawn’s reality of persecution threatens to destroy their loving relationship. Melanie is forced to make the toughest of choices as she struggles to support her mother on the path toward recovery and healing. … Expand

Director: Inon Shampanier

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 109 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

May 5, 2021

The cast and filmmakers have made a very good movie about a very tough subject. and somehow have managed to never cop out once by showing us easy answers. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

May 7, 2021

Papers Spiders is everything you want out of a teen drama, more Lady Bird than The Fault in Our Stars. That’s not to say fans of the latter won’t respond to Shampanier’s genuine gem. Don’t let this one slip under the radar. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Jul 22, 2021

Taylor plays Dawn’s slide into this mental health crisis beautifully, and with conviction, and Owen is stunning as the high-achieving, yet fragile Melanie, who seeks oblivion and solace in a risky boyfriend (Ian Nelson). Read full review

Sheri Linden

Sep 8, 2020

Paper Spiders is a message film, but one that's spiked with welcome humor, and its excellent cast is led by the reliably compelling Lili Taylor as the afflicted woman, tormented and tormenting, and Stefania LaVie Owen as her smart and sensitive daughter. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Jun 2, 2021

What begins as a wry tale of a maturing family in bittersweet flux spirals unpredictably into a study of living with extreme mental illness, as experienced by both the afflicted and their gradually alienated nearest and dearest. Read full review

Teo Bugbee

May 6, 2021

In absence of a bold visual style, the performers are tasked with providing the movie with its energy. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

May 5, 2021

For director Inon Shampanier and co-writer Natalie Shampanier to tackle something so complex is therefore commendable whether or not Paper Spiders proves a complete success. Read full review

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NoraKratzer

May 10, 2021

Excellent movie. I haven't been moved this way in a long time. This was an astute observation on the toll of mental illness and the hell of paranoia. My grandmother suffered from delusions and this movie truly touched my soul.

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