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Paper Moon
1973
· Movie
· 102 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #162
- IMDb #270
- Rotten Tomatoes #264
- Metacritic #460
- Letterboxd #60
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #937
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #107
- Metacritic Audience #140
- Criticker #79
- Kinopoisk #210
- AlloCiné #297
- Trakt #377
Every rating
75–95
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 75, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the most agreed on films →During the Great Depression, a con man meets a young girl at her mother's funeral. He suspects she might be his daughter and reluctantly agrees to deliver her to her aunt. They form an unlikely partnership as they travel through the Midwest, running various scams on unsuspecting locals. The precocious girl proves to be a natural grifter, and their journey becomes a bittersweet bonding experience built on wit and survival.
Details
- Director
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Writer
- Alvin Sargent
- Released
- 9 May 1973
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $2.5M
- Box office
- $30.9M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →3 major awards won · 7 wins from 17 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Supporting Actress | Tatum O'Neal | Winner |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Tatum O'Neal | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 1973 | Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Alvin Sargent | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Supporting Actress | Madeline Kahn | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Alvin Sargent | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1973 | Best Sound | Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Madeline Kahn | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 1973 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Most Promising Newcomer – Female | Tatum O'Neal | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Ryan O'Neal | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Tatum O'Neal | Nominee |
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Madeline Kahn | Nominee |
Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Tatum O'Neal | Winner |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | Alvin Sargent | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Richard Portman and Les Fresholtz | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Madeline Kahn | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Comedy – Adapted from Another Medium | Alvin Sargent | Winner |
San Sebastián International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Silver Seashell | Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
| Special Prize of the Jury | Peter Bogdanovich | Winner |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Actress | Tatum O'Neal | Winner |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Madeline Kahn | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Director | Peter Bogdanovich | Nominee |
National Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | P.J. Johnson | Nominee |