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Short Cuts
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #667
- IMDb #925
- Rotten Tomatoes #407
- Metacritic #394
- Letterboxd #349
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #438
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #809
- Metacritic Critics #646
- Metacritic Audience #289
- Criticker #195
- Kinopoisk #1707
- AlloCiné #1613
- Trakt #1680
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 71, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.
Details
- Director
- Robert Altman
- Writers
- Frank Barhydt, Robert Altman
- Based on
- Short cuts by Raymond Carver
- Released
- 1 October 1993
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 188 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $6.1M
- Awards
- 11 wins, 14 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →8 major awards won · 11 wins from 25 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1993 | Special Award for Ensemble | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1993 | Best Feature | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1993 | Best Director | Winner | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 1993 | Best Screenplay | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 1993 | Golden Lion | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 1993 | Pasinetti Award | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 1993 | Special Volpi Cup | Winner | |
| Venice Film Festival 1993 | FIPRESCI Prize | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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