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Two Lovers
2008
· Movie
· 110 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2021
- IMDb #2280
- Rotten Tomatoes #2438
- Metacritic #1136
- Letterboxd #1389
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1945
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3434
- Metacritic Critics #1112
- Metacritic Audience #1265
- Criticker #835
- Kinopoisk #3085
- AlloCiné #1470
- Trakt #3368
Every rating
59–84
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 59, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A heartbroken man moves back in with his parents and begins to piece his life together. He finds himself torn between two women: the gentle and dependable daughter of his parents' business partner, and his beautiful, unpredictable, and troubled new neighbor. He is drawn into a complex emotional triangle, pulled between stability and passionate chaos.
Details
- Director
- James Gray
- Writers
- James Gray, Ric Menello
- Studio
- Tempesta Films, 2929 Productions, Wild Bunch
- Released
- 19 November 2008
- Country
- United States, France
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $9.8M
- Box office
- $16.3M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 wins from 9 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Cannes Film Festival 2008 | Palme d'Or | James Gray | Nominee |
| César Awards 2008 | Best Foreign Film | James Gray | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2008 | Best Female Lead | Gwyneth Paltrow | Nominee |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2008 | Best Director | James Gray | Nominee |
| ALMA Awards 2008 | Actor in Film | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
| Chicago International Film Festival 2008 | Best Feature | James Gray | Nominee |
| National Board of Review Awards 2008 | Top Ten Independent Films | Winner | |
| New York Film Critics Online Awards 2008 | Top Films of the Year | Winner |
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Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | James Gray | Nominee |
| Best Female Lead | Gwyneth Paltrow | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Palme d'Or | James Gray | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | James Gray | Nominee |
National Board of Review Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Ten Independent Films | Winner |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Films of the Year | Winner |
ALMA Awards
1 nomination
| Actor in Film | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |
Chicago International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Feature | James Gray | Nominee |
Online Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Joaquin Phoenix | Nominee |