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MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3990
- IMDb #2221
- Google retired #1176
- Rotten Tomatoes #4467
- Metacritic #4005
- Letterboxd #3511
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4958
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4092
- Metacritic Critics #4432
- Metacritic Audience #2692
- Criticker #2298
- Kinopoisk #1249
- AlloCiné #1877
- Trakt #2472
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 24, highest is Google on 90. Critics average 30, everyone else 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A celebrated author reveals the story behind his famous novel at a public reading. He recounts the tale of a struggling writer who, in the past, discovers an old manuscript in a briefcase and, in a moment of weakness, publishes it as his own work. The story delves into the consequences of this theft, exploring themes of guilt, ambition, and the blurred lines between inspiration and plagiarism across multiple layered narratives.
Details
- Directors
- Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
- Writers
- Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
- Released
- 7 September 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $13.2M
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