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2021
· Movie
· 115 min
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MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #743
- IMDb #1062
- Google retired #74
- Metacritic #1231
- Letterboxd #906
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1319
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- Metacritic Critics #1085
- Metacritic Audience #1540
- Criticker #1320
- Douban #570
- Kinopoisk #586
- AlloCiné #983
- Trakt #238
Every rating
54–96
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Lowest is Criticker on 54, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 96.
See the most agreed on films →An aspiring musical theater composer in New York City approaches his thirtieth birthday with growing anxiety. He feels pressure from every direction: his career has yet to take off, his friends are moving on, and the world of art is changing. The story follows his frantic efforts to write a great musical and stage a workshop production, all while wrestling with doubts about his future and his art.
Details
- Director
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Writer
- Steven Levenson
- Based on
- Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Released
- 11 November 2021
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 13 wins, 27 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 40 →1 major award won · 13 wins from 40 nominations across 18 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2022 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Film Editing | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2022 | Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2022 | Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2022 | Best Picture | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2022 | Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2022 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 2022 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Julie Oh and Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Julie Oh and Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Levenson | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
| Best Comedy or Musical | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Winner |
| Best First Feature | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Levenson | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robin de Jesús | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
| Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Winner |
| Best Sound | Paul Hsu and Tod A. Maitland | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Alice Brooks | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Robin de Jesús | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
| Best Editing | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Levenson | Nominee |
| Best Film | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Lin-Manuel Miranda | Winner |
| Best Actor | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Steven Levenson | Nominee |
| Best Use of Music | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
ACE Eddie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy | Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum | Winner |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Movies of the Year | Tick, Tick...Boom! | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Desert Palm Award | Andrew Garfield | Winner |
AACTA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Lead Actor – International | Andrew Garfield | Nominee |
Casting Society of America
1 nomination
| Feature Big Budget – Drama | Bernard Telsey and Kristian Charbonier | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film – Wide Release | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Nominee |
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1 nomination
| Best Musical Moment | Andrew Garfield and Vanessa Hudgens for "Therapy" | Nominee |