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Benny & Joon
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1343
- IMDb #2016
- Google retired #543
- Rotten Tomatoes #1619
- Metacritic #2017
- Letterboxd #2257
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2431
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1095
- Metacritic Critics #2756
- Metacritic Audience #830
- Kinopoisk #458
- AlloCiné #1596
- Trakt #2206
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Lowest is Metacritic critics on 57, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A eccentric young woman with a mental illness lives under the care of her overprotective brother. Their carefully structured life is disrupted when they take in a strange man who has a unique talent for physical comedy and mimicry. His unconventional nature connects with the woman, leading to a romantic relationship that forces her brother to reconsider his protective role.
Details
- Director
- Jeremiah S. Chechik
- Writers
- Barry Berman, Lesley McNeil
- Released
- 16 April 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $23.2M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Golden Globe Awards 1993 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1993 | Best Comedic Performance | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1993 | Best On-Screen Duo | Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson | Nominee |
| MTV Movie Awards 1993 | Best Song From a Movie | The Proclaimers – " I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) " | Nominee |
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4 awards — Benny & Joon
×| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best Comedic Performance | Johnny Depp | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson | Nominee |
| Best Song From a Movie | The Proclaimers – " I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) " | Nominee |