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An Unfinished Life
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3177
- IMDb #2297
- Google retired #1175
- Rotten Tomatoes #3075
- Metacritic #2643
- Letterboxd #3400
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3646
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2743
- Metacritic Critics #3501
- Metacritic Audience #966
- Criticker #2142
- Kinopoisk #1931
- AlloCiné #3658
- Trakt #2517
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 45, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 51, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A woman fleeing an abusive relationship takes her young daughter to the Wyoming ranch of her estranged father-in-law. The old man still bitterly blames her for the death of his son. Forced to live under the same roof, the two must overcome their shared grief and resentment to become a family and provide a safe home for the granddaughter he never knew.
Details
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Writers
- Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
- Released
- 9 September 2005
- Country
- United States, Germany
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $30.0M
- Box office
- $18.6M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Genesis Award 2005 | Genesis Award | Winner |
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