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Wildlife
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2007
- IMDb #2754
- Google retired #3119
- Rotten Tomatoes #1402
- Metacritic #882
- Letterboxd #1835
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #489
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2539
- Metacritic Critics #678
- Metacritic Audience #1582
- Criticker #1570
- Kinopoisk #3223
- AlloCiné #2171
- Trakt #3346
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 51, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94. Critics average 87, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young boy watches his family unravel in 1960s Montana after his father impulsively leaves to fight a dangerous wildfire for low pay. His mother, struggling with newfound isolation and financial desperation, seeks independence in a way that profoundly challenges the family's stability. The boy is caught in the middle, forced to navigate the complicated and painful emotional landscape between his parents as their lives drift apart.
Details
- Director
- Paul Dano
- Based on
- Wildlife by Richard Ford
- Released
- 23 September 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $3.1M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 10 →2 wins from 10 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Female Lead | Nominee | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Cinematography | Nominee | |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best First Feature | Nominee | |
| Cannes Film Festival 2018 | Caméra d'Or | Nominee | |
| Sundance Film Festival 2018 | Grand Jury Prize | Nominee | |
| Broadcast Film Critics Association 2019 | Best Young Performer | Nominee | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society 2018 | Youth in Film - Male | Winner | |
| London Film Festival 2018 | First Feature | Nominee |
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| Best First Feature | Nominee |
| Caméra d'Or | Nominee |
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| Youth in Film - Male | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Winner |
| Best Young Performer | Nominee |
| First Feature | Nominee |
| Best International Feature Film | Nominee |