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What If
2013
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2991
- IMDb #2659
- Google retired #1842
- Rotten Tomatoes #2358
- Metacritic #2269
- Letterboxd #3016
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2540
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2669
- Metacritic Critics #2535
- Metacritic Audience #1776
- Kinopoisk #3654
- AlloCiné #2704
- Trakt #2713
Every rating
33–86
out of 100
A medical school dropout, disillusioned with love, meets an animator who has a live-in boyfriend. The two feel an immediate and powerful connection, leading them to form a close friendship. They navigate the complexities of their relationship, wrestling with the question of whether men and women can ever be just friends when romantic feelings are involved.
Details
- Director
- Michael Dowse
- Writer
- Elan Mastai
- Released
- 7 September 2013
- Country
- Canada, Ireland, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $8.5M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 11 →1 major award won · 2 wins from 11 nominations across 11 ceremonies
| Writers Guild of Canada Award for Movies & Miniseries 2014 | — | Elan Mastai | Winner |
| Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award for Direction – Feature Film 2014 | — | Michael Dowse | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of Canada Team Award for Feature Film 2014 | — | Michael Dowse Regina Robb and team | Nominee |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film 2015 | — | Elan Mastai | Nominee |
| Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role 2014 | — | Daniel Radcliffe | Nominee |
| Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2014 | — | Mackenzie Davis | Nominee |
| Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 2014 | — | Elan Mastai | Winner |
| Canadian Screen Award for Best Director 2014 | — | Michael Dowse | Nominee |
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Writers Guild of Canada Award for Movies & Miniseries
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Elan Mastai | Winner |
Directors Guild of Canada Craft Award for Direction – Feature Film
1 nomination
| — | Michael Dowse | Nominee |
Directors Guild of Canada Team Award for Feature Film
1 nomination
| — | Michael Dowse Regina Robb and team | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1 nomination, 1 won
| — | Elan Mastai | Winner |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1 nomination
| — | Daniel Radcliffe | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
1 nomination
| — | Mackenzie Davis | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Director
1 nomination
| — | Michael Dowse | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture
1 nomination
| — | André Rouleau David Gross Macdara Kelleher | Nominee |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture
1 nomination
| — | The F Word | Nominee |
Rogers Award for Best Canadian Film
1 nomination
| — | Michael Dowse | Nominee |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay for a Canadian Film
1 nomination
| — | Elan Mastai | Nominee |