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Denial
2016
· Movie
· 109 min
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Every rating
63–86
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 63, highest is Google on 86.
See the most agreed on films →An American historian is sued for libel in a British court by a Holocaust denier after she declared him a falsifier of history in her book. The legal case forces her and her legal team to fight not just for her reputation, but to legally prove that the Holocaust actually happened.
Details
- Director
- Mick Jackson
- Writer
- David Hare
- Released
- 30 September 2016
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $8.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 2 →0 wins from 2 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards 2017 | Best Supporting Actor | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2017 | Best British Film | Gary Foster, David Hare and Russ Krasnoff | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor | Timothy Spall | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best British Film | Gary Foster, David Hare and Russ Krasnoff | Nominee |