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Certain Women
2016
· Movie
· 107 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
51–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92. Critics average 87, everyone else 62.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The lives of three women in a small Montana town are presented in subtly connected vignettes. A lawyer navigates a difficult client, a wife and mother contemplates a new life, and a ranch hand forms a quiet, poignant bond with a young law student. Each woman grapples with isolation, unspoken desires, and the quiet struggles of everyday existence. The story captures the resilience and inner lives of its characters against the backdrop of the American Northwest.
Details
- Director
- Kelly Reichardt
- Writers
- Kelly Reichardt, Maile Meloy
- Studio
- filmscience, Clyde Park
- Released
- 25 September 2016
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Box office
- $1.2M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →7 wins from 27 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Female | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2017 | Best Director | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
| Online Film Critics Society 2017 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2016 | Best Woman Director | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2016 | Best Woman Screenwriter | Kelly Reichardt | Winner |
| Boston Society of Film Critics 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 2016 | Most Promising Performer | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Female | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Kelly Reichardt | Winner |
| Best Woman Director | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
2 nominations, 1 won
| Breakthrough Artist | Lily Gladstone | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Winner |
IndieWire Critics Poll
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Winner |
London Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Certain Women | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Michelle Williams (also for Manchester by the Sea ) | Winner |
Women Film Critics Circle
7 nominations
| Best Female Images in a Movie | Certain Women | Nominee |
| Best Movie about Women | Certain Women | Nominee |
| Best Movie by a Woman | Certain Women | Nominee |
| Best Woman Storyteller | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
| Courage in Acting | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
| Courage in Filmmaking | Kelly Reichardt | Nominee |
| The Invisible Woman Award | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
3 nominations
| Audience Award | Certain Women | Nominee |
| Best Feature | Certain Women | Nominee |
| Breakthrough Actor | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
| Most Promising Performer | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Florida Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Lily Gladstone | Nominee |