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2012
· Movie
· 86 min
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MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2031
- IMDb #2391
- Google retired #1907
- Rotten Tomatoes #1045
- Metacritic #1228
- Letterboxd #2945
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #901
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1660
- Metacritic Critics #1290
- Metacritic Audience #1193
- Criticker #1630
- Douban #2177
- Kinopoisk #4235
- AlloCiné #2258
- Trakt #2363
Every rating
50–91
out of 100
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See the films the platforms disagree about most →A magazine reporter and two interns investigate a personal ad seeking a partner for time travel. They track down the ad's author, a eccentric supermarket clerk who is paranoid and genuinely believes he has built a time machine. The cynical reporter sends the intern to befriend him, but she finds herself drawn into his world and starting to believe his story.
Details
- Director
- Colin Trevorrow
- Writer
- Derek Connolly
- Released
- 8 June 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $750.0K
- Box office
- $4.4M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 5 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →2 major awards won · 6 wins from 11 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2012 | Best First Screenplay | Derek Connolly | Winner |
| Sundance Film Festival 2012 | Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Derek Connolly | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2012 | Best First Feature | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
| Sundance Film Festival 2012 | Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
| ALMA Awards 2012 | Favorite Movie Actress Comedy/Musical | Aubrey Plaza | Winner |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Award 2012 | Most Promising Filmmaker | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards 2012 | Best Ensemble Performance | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub | Nominee |
| Leiden International Film Festival 2012 | Iron Herring: Best Feature Film | Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly | Winner |
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Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best First Screenplay | Derek Connolly | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
Sundance Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | Derek Connolly | Winner |
| Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Arthouse or Festival Film | Winner | |
| Best Actress | Aubrey Plaza | Nominee |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Movie Actress Comedy/Musical | Aubrey Plaza | Winner |
Leiden International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Iron Herring: Best Feature Film | Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly | Winner |
Young Hollywood Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance Award | Aubrey Plaza | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
1 nomination
| Most Promising Filmmaker | Colin Trevorrow | Nominee |
Gotham Independent Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Ensemble Performance | Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub | Nominee |