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Starred Up
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #857
- IMDb #1560
- Rotten Tomatoes #408
- Metacritic #497
- Letterboxd #934
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #62
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1266
- Metacritic Critics #642
- Metacritic Audience #538
- Criticker #597
- Kinopoisk #3319
- AlloCiné #715
- Trakt #2195
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 63, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 90, everyone else 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A violently temperamental teenager is transferred from a juvenile facility to an adult prison. His explosive behavior immediately draws attention, both from brutal prison officers and the inmate population. His estranged father, who is serving a life sentence in the same prison, is forced to try and control him before his anger gets him killed.
Details
- Director
- David Mackenzie
- Writer
- Jonathan Asser
- Released
- 21 March 2014
- Country
- United Kingdom, Northern Ireland
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $54.9K
- Awards
- 3 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (31) →
Awards & nominations
See all 12 →3 wins from 12 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Dublin International Film Festival 2014 | Best Actor | Jack O'Connell | Winner |
| Irish Film & Television Awards 2014 | Best Editing | Jake Roberts, Nick Emerson | Nominee |
| London Film Festival 2014 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| London Film Festival 2014 | Best British Newcomer | Jonathan Asser | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2013 | Best Supporting Actor | Rupert Friend | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2013 | Best Screenplay | Jonathan Asser | Nominee |
| British Independent Film Awards 2013 | Best British Independent Film | Nominee | |
| British Independent Film Awards 2013 | Best Technical Achievement | Shaheen Baig | Nominee |
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12 awards — Starred Up
×| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Mendelsohn | Winner |
| Best Achievement in Production | Nominee | |
| Best Actor | Jack O'Connell | Nominee |
| Best British Independent Film | Nominee | |
| Best Director | David Mackenzie | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Jonathan Asser | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Rupert Friend | Nominee |
| Best Technical Achievement | Shaheen Baig | Nominee |
| Best British Newcomer | Jonathan Asser | Winner |
| Best Film | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Jack O'Connell | Winner |
| Best Editing | Jake Roberts, Nick Emerson | Nominee |