Labor Day

2013

PG-13

1h 51m

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7.0/10

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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.

Directors

Jason Reitman

Writers

Jason Reitman(screenplay by)

Joyce Maynard(novel by)

Stars

Kate Winslet

Josh Brolin

Gattlin Griffith

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Adele

Frank

Henry

Adult Henry

Young Frank

Mandy

Gerald

Officer Treadwell

Mr. Jervis

Evelyn

Eleanor

Marjorie

Richard

Barry

Bank Teller

Bank Manager

Grocer

Shopper

Directors

Jason Reitman

Writers

Jason Reitman(screenplay by)

Joyce Maynard(novel by)

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***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-

Wuchak21 Aug, 2019