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The Discovery
2017
· Movie
· 102 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4585
- IMDb #4260
- Google retired #3006
- Rotten Tomatoes #3984
- Metacritic #3426
- Letterboxd #3818
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3904
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4427
- Metacritic Critics #3050
- Metacritic Audience #3862
- Criticker #2840
- Kinopoisk #4625
- AlloCiné #3934
Every rating
37–76
out of 100
A scientist provides irrefutable proof of an afterlife, a discovery that triggers a global cultural shift. Millions of people, seeking a better existence, begin ending their lives. The scientist's son retreats to his father's isolated compound, where he meets a mysterious woman and begins to question the true implications and morality of his father's breakthrough.
Details
- Director
- Charlie McDowell
- Writers
- Charlie McDowell, Justin Lader
- Released
- 31 March 2017
- Country
- United States, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Budget
- $5.0M
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