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The Paperboy
2012
· Movie
· 107 min
D
MEANRANK
50/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #5259
- IMDb #5029
- Google retired #3677
- Rotten Tomatoes #4348
- Metacritic #4111
- Letterboxd #4675
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4041
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4868
- Metacritic Critics #3841
- Metacritic Audience #4198
- Criticker #3202
- Kinopoisk #4794
- AlloCiné #4457
- Trakt #5081
Every rating
33–61
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 33, highest is Kinopoisk on 61.
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Details
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Writers
- Lee Daniels, Peter Dexter
- Based on
- The Paperboy by Pete Dexter
- Released
- 14 September 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.5M
- Box office
- $1.4M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 16 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →2 wins from 18 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Award 2012 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Palme d'Or 2012 | Best Film | Lee Daniels | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2012 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| AACTA Award 2012 | Best International Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| AFCA Award 2012 | Special Award for the Best Body of Work | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award 2012 | Actress Most in Need of a New Agent | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| COFCA Award 2012 | Actor of the Year | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
| Indiewire Critics Award 2012 | Best Supporting Performance | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
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18 awards — The Paperboy
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Golden Globe Award
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Palme d'Or
1 nomination
| Best Film | Lee Daniels | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
AFCA Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award for the Best Body of Work | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
COFCA Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Actor of the Year | Matthew McConaughey | Winner |
Village Voice Award
8 nominations
| Best Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Best Film | Lee Daniels | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | John Cusack | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Zac Efron | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | David Oyelowo | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Macy Gray | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
| Worst Film | Lee Daniels | Nominee |
Indiewire Critics Award
3 nominations
| Best Ensemble | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score or Soundtrack | Mario Grigorov | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Performance | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
AACTA Award
1 nomination
| Best International Actress | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award
1 nomination
| Actress Most in Need of a New Agent | Nicole Kidman | Nominee |