Labor Day

PG-13

12/27/20131h 51m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

Overview:

Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

Director:

Jason Reitman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$18,000,000.00

Revenue:

$20,275,812.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
country house
suspicion
loss
escaped convict
single mother
tragic event
divorcee
teenage boy
recluse
father figure
life changing
depressed mom
police search
mother son relationship

Cast

Kate Winslet

~ as ~

Adele

Josh Brolin

~ as ~

Frank

Gattlin Griffith

~ as ~

Henry

Tobey Maguire

~ as ~

Adult Henry

Tom Lipinski

~ as ~

Young Frank

Maika Monroe

~ as ~

Mandy

Clark Gregg

~ as ~

Gerald

James Van Der Beek

~ as ~

Officer Treadwell

J.K. Simmons

~ as ~

Mr. Jervis

Brooke Smith

~ as ~

Evelyn

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 6 year(s) ago
8
Menaced by a fugitive or relishing a Godsend in New Hampshire?

A depressed single woman (Kate Winslet) from New Hampshire is compelled to give a questionable man a ride (Josh Brolin) and allows him to briefly recuperate at her verging-on-rundown house where she lives with her son who’s almost 13 (Gattlin Griffith). How will their Labor Day weekend go? James Van Der Beek has a small role as a cop.

“Labor Day” (2013) is a superb adult-oriented drama with an understated sense of possible menace mixed with a little romance. There are elements of “A Perfect World” (1993), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “Macho Callahan” (1970) and "The Place Beyond the Pines" (2012).

This is a spiritual movie about the tragedies and blisses of the human experience. Masculinity is portrayed in a positive way for a change while not neglecting to illustrate its potential drawbacks. Winslet is excellent in her role; she gets more beautiful as she ages. Meanwhile the stunning Maika Monroe has a peripheral role.

The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot mostly in Massachusetts (e.g. Shelburne Falls), as well as Salem, New Hampshire.

GRADE: A-