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Patriots Day
2016
· Movie
· 133 min
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1537
- IMDb #1489
- Google retired #1130
- Rotten Tomatoes #1311
- Metacritic #1660
- Letterboxd #2172
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2016
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1015
- Metacritic Critics #1519
- Metacritic Audience #1913
- Criticker #1500
- Douban #637
- Kinopoisk #2912
- AlloCiné #1255
- Trakt #1012
Every rating
52–90
out of 100
The story chronicles the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the immediate aftermath from the perspectives of survivors, first responders, investigators, and city officials. As the city reels from the attack, a massive manhunt is launched to identify and capture the two suspects responsible, culminating in a tense urban lockdown and a violent confrontation that brings a community together in the face of terror.
Details
- Director
- Peter Berg
- Writers
- Eric Johnson, Joshua Zetumer, Matt Cook, Paul Tamasy, Peter Berg
- Based on
- Boston Strong by Casey Sherman
- Released
- 12 December 2016
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States
- Language
- English, Chinese, Arabic
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $45.0M
- Box office
- $50.5M
- Awards
- 1 win, 0 nominations
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| National Board of Review: Top Ten Films 2016 | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films | Winner |
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National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 nomination, 1 won
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