The Kindness of Strangers

Name: The Kindness of Strangers
Genre: Drama
Released: February 14, 2020
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 32
Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Angela Thompson, Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Kash

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: February 14, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Angela Thompson, Bill Nighy, Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Kash, David Dencik, David MacLean, Esben Smed, Finlay Wojtak-Hissong, Gugun Deep Singh, Jack Fulton, Jay Baruchel, Lisa Codrington, Pat Thornton, Tahar Rahim, Will Bowes, Zoe Kazan

Summary: In New York City, six strangers’ lives intersect in a modern tale of ordinary people struggling to find help, hope and love. As the unlikely group comes together, they discover that liberation and triumph lie in each other’s hands.

Director: Lone Scherfig

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 112 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 10, 2020

It doesn’t wholly come off, with back stories too thinly developed, pathos and cruelty blending with the whimsy of a New York con. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Feb 14, 2019

It’s a big-hearted picture, certainly, but one that doggedly labours its message. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 14, 2019

While the movie works to depict how kindness breeds kindness, even in the cruelest of environments, it spends much of the time watching its motley collection of lost souls chase their own tails. Read full review

Pat Brown

Feb 14, 2019

The film’s repetitive and lifeless dialogue robs otherwise charismatic performers of distinguishing characteristics. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tomris Laffly

Feb 14, 2020

Scherfig’s latest effort pursues something naively magical, only to end up with a mélange of miscalculated, cheap sentiments. Read full review

Monica Castillo

Feb 14, 2020

Despite its feel-good title, The Kindness of Strangers is a rather bleak movie, one so tied to the miseries of its characters that it’s difficult to see the point of it at all. Read full review

The Film Stage Rory O'Connor

Feb 14, 2019

In spite of it all, the cast members do themselves justice for the most and I couldn’t help but be charmed by Riseborough’s wide-eyed decency as she hosts her frequent “forgiveness” meetings–not to mention be seduced by Nighy’s signature suave detachment. Read full review

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DogeGamer2015

May 30, 2021

Es una película conmovedora; tiene muy buena trama y actuaciones de calidad; está demasiado infravalorada; la recomiendo mucho.

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JLuis_001

Feb 27, 2020

The film exposes its theme, but only that.
It feels so empty that it can't compensate for the cast's attempts to make the story more convincing and the message is right there, exposed simply to the public and surprisingly it doesn't feel moralistic but it does feels unrealistic and absurd,The film exposes its theme, but only that.
It feels so empty that it can't compensate for the cast's attempts to make the story more convincing and the message is right there, exposed simply to the public and surprisingly it doesn't feel moralistic but it does feels unrealistic and absurd, and what's left isn't not enough to hold the entire film because you just don't get anything worth remembering.… Expand

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