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Columbus
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #871
- IMDb #1830
- Rotten Tomatoes #814
- Metacritic #494
- Letterboxd #693
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #300
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1681
- Metacritic Critics #223
- Metacritic Audience #1745
- Kinopoisk #2358
- Trakt #1645
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 92, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In the city of Columbus, Indiana, renowned for its modernist architecture, a young architecture enthusiast named Casey stays to care her recovering mother. She meets Jin, a Korean-born man who arrives in town because his architect father has fallen into a coma. As Jin waits, he and Casey form a connection, wandering the city and discussing life, loss, and the buildings that surround them. Their friendship helps each confront their familial obligations and uncertain futures.
Details
- Director
- Kogonada
- Writer
- Kogonada
- Released
- 4 August 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $700.0K
- Box office
- $1.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best First Feature | Columbus | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best First Screenplay | Kogonada | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Best Cinematography | Elisha Christian | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2018 | Piaget Producers Award | Giulia Caruso and Ki Jin Kim | Nominee |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 | Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Kogonada | Nominee |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 | Best Screenplay | Kogonada | Nominee |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 | Best Actress | Haley Lu Richardson | Nominee |
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7 awards — Columbus
×| Best Cinematography | Elisha Christian | Nominee |
| Best First Feature | Columbus | Nominee |
| Best First Screenplay | Kogonada | Nominee |
| Piaget Producers Award | Giulia Caruso and Ki Jin Kim | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Haley Lu Richardson | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kogonada | Nominee |
| Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award | Kogonada | Nominee |