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Captain Fantastic
2016
· Movie
· 118 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #806
- IMDb #556
- Google retired #1395
- Rotten Tomatoes #1264
- Metacritic #1090
- Letterboxd #688
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1821
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1135
- Metacritic Critics #1279
- Metacritic Audience #864
- Criticker #639
- Douban #745
- Kinopoisk #870
- AlloCiné #128
- Trakt #333
Every rating
62–88
out of 100
A father has raised his six children deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, training them to be physically fit and intellectually sharp philosophers. They are forced to leave their isolated paradise and enter the outside world for the first time, challenging everything he has taught them and his own ideals.
Details
- Director
- Matt Ross
- Writer
- Matt Ross
- Released
- 8 July 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Esperanto, German, Chinese
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $23.1M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (28) →
Awards & nominations
See all 31 →1 major award won · 9 wins from 31 nominations across 23 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Un Certain Regard - Prize for Best Director | Matt Ross | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2017 | Best Male Lead | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2017 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast of Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Prix Un Certain Regard | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2016 | Best Actor in a Comedy | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
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Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Un Certain Regard - Prize for Best Director | Matt Ross | Winner |
| Prix Un Certain Regard | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast of Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Comedy | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| Best Male Lead | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Deauville American Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
| Jury Prize | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
| Grand Prix | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Winner |
| Best Costume Design | Courtney Hoffman | Nominee |
| Best Film | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
| Best Original Screenplay | Matt Ross | Nominee |
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Save Energy, Save Earth Film Award | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Independent Film | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
Rome Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| BNL People's Choice Award | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
Seattle International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film | Captain Fantastic | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Best Poster | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild
1 nomination
| Excellence in Contemporary Film | Courtney Hoffman | Nominee |
Dorian Awards
1 nomination
| Unsung Film of the Year | Captain Fantastic | Nominee |
Evening Standard British Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | George MacKay | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
1 nomination
| Feature-Length Motion Picture – Contemporary Make-Up | Akemi Hart and Karen McDonald | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |