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True Story
MEANRANK
58/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4307
- IMDb #3939
- Google retired #3016
- Rotten Tomatoes #4205
- Metacritic #3665
- Letterboxd #4179
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4035
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #4670
- Metacritic Critics #3392
- Metacritic Audience #3833
- Kinopoisk #4766
- AlloCiné #3211
- Trakt #4009
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 38, highest is Google on 76. Critics average 48, everyone else 60.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A disgraced journalist discovers that an accused murderer has been using his identity. Intrigued, he arranges a series of prison interviews with the man, hoping to uncover the truth behind the brutal killing of the suspect's family. A complex and unsettling relationship forms between the two men, as the journalist tries to determine if he is dealing with a cunning manipulator or an innocent man.
Details
- Director
- Rupert Goold
- Writers
- David Kajganich, Rupert Goold
- Released
- 17 April 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $5.3M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Teen Choice Awards 2015 | Choice Movie Actor: Drama | James Franco | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2015 | Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Jonah Hill | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2015 | Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Felicity Jones | Nominee |
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×| Choice Movie Actor: Drama | James Franco | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actor: Drama | Jonah Hill | Nominee |
| Choice Movie Actress: Drama | Felicity Jones | Nominee |