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Frances Ha
2012
· Movie
· 86 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #848
- IMDb #1274
- Google retired #2234
- Rotten Tomatoes #1105
- Metacritic #528
- Letterboxd #538
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #752
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1861
- Metacritic Critics #562
- Metacritic Audience #748
- Criticker #638
- Douban #321
- Kinopoisk #1415
- AlloCiné #1256
- Trakt #1067
Every rating
62–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 62, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the most agreed on films →A young woman in her late twenties apprentices for a dance company in New York City, though she is not really a dancer. She dreams of a life in the arts while navigating a series of unreliable apartments and dwindling finances. The story follows her meandering journey as she struggles to find her place in the world after her best friend and roommate decides to move out.
Details
- Director
- Noah Baumbach
- Writers
- Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
- Released
- 17 May 2013
- Country
- Brazil, United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $9.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 14 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| Actress of the Year 2012 | Actress of the Year | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
| Best Actress 2012 | Best Actress | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Comedy 2012 | Best Actress in a Comedy | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Comedy or Musical 2012 | Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
| Best American Film 2012 | Best American Film | Frances Ha | Nominee |
| Best Editing 2012 | Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominee |
| Best Feature 2012 | Best Feature | Frances Ha | Nominee |
| Best International Independent Film 2012 | Best International Independent Film | Frances Ha | Nominee |
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Actress of the Year
1 nomination
| Actress of the Year | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Best Actress
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Best Actress in a Comedy
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Comedy | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Best Actress – Comedy or Musical
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Comedy or Musical | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Best American Film
1 nomination
| Best American Film | Frances Ha | Nominee |
Best Editing
1 nomination
| Best Editing | Jennifer Lame | Nominee |
Best Feature
1 nomination
| Best Feature | Frances Ha | Nominee |
Best International Independent Film
1 nomination
| Best International Independent Film | Frances Ha | Nominee |
Best Lead Performance
1 nomination
| Best Lead Performance | Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Best Picture
1 nomination
| Best Picture | Frances Ha | Nominee |
Best Screenplay
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay | Noah Baumbach Greta Gerwig | Nominee |
Casting - Low Budget Feature
1 nomination
| Casting - Low Budget Feature | Douglas Aibel Henry Russell Bergstein | Nominee |
Film of the Year
1 nomination
| Film of the Year | Frances Ha | Nominee |
Technical Achievement
1 nomination
| Technical Achievement | Sam Levy | Nominee |