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  • 2018
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  • Paladin
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary An emotionally troubled man is forced to care for the obese 10-year-old son he has never met. Together they embark on a high-stakes journey to determine their future together, even as the world tries to tear them apart.

Directed By: Jaron Albertin

Written By: Charlotte Colbert, Enda Walsh, Jaron Albertin

  • 2018
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2018
  • R
  • Paladin
  • 1 h 33 m

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Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
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Summary An emotionally troubled man is forced to care for the obese 10-year-old son he has never met. Together they embark on a high-stakes journey to determine their future together, even as the world tries to tear them apart.

Directed By: Jaron Albertin

Written By: Charlotte Colbert, Enda Walsh, Jaron Albertin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
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80
Nov 8, 2018
Several long, wordless stretches arise during the film, all of them thoughtful. Jaron Albertin, directing his first feature, cultivates tension in small moments and doesn’t force the drama.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 5, 2018
The feature debut from music promo and commercials director Jaron Albertin is, as you would expect, a stylistically assured piece of work. But this tale of a father with mental health issues who finds himself suddenly responsible for a son he has never met is also unexpectedly restrained dramatically.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 8, 2018
Weightless is a bleak slice-of-life movie that’s tightly focused and stylistically cohesive. The narrative is not without interest and the film’s atmospheric mood is effective. But ultimately its slow pacing (unremittingly so) grows tedious and the ending is a non-ending.
By Simi Horwitz FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 8, 2018
Jaron Albertin’s mix of crisp realism and oblique dream logic results in a haunting experience.... Still, while his first feature (shot by Darren Lew) may be gorgeous, the characters in this rural family drama prove so amorphous that their struggles engender detachment instead of empathy.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 9, 2018
The result is artful (and well-acted) enough to intrigue, yet underdeveloped enough in the writing to frustrate. Not the least frustrating thing here is that Nivola gives a serious, hardworking performance in a role that nonetheless remains more opaque than many past ones in which he’s had a fraction of the screen time.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2018
Though hardly a failure, the serious-minded work is less affecting than it might've been, relying sometimes on hints that are needlessly ambiguous and on symbols that don't quite click.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 8, 2018
The nicest thing that can be said about this demure little Canadian trifle is that it’s a film that finally gives the gifted, self-assured and sadly underrated Alessandro Nivola a leading role.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dar Klemmer, Revelstoke Productions, Smuggler Films
Release Date Nov 9, 2018
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating R
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Awards

Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Zurich Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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