Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
Acting
Winslet's trembling fragility; Brolin's impossibly tender threatening energy.
Direction
Reitman commits fully to this bonkers premise with straight-faced sincerity.
Cinematography
Golden-hour haze makes suburban captivity look dangerously gorgeous.
Director
Jason Reitman
Kate Winslet
Adele
Josh Brolin
Frank
Gattlin Griffith
Henry
Tobey Maguire
Adult Henry
Tom Lipinski
Young Frank
Maika Monroe
Mandy
Clark Gregg
Gerald
James Van Der Beek
Officer Treadwell
J.K. Simmons
Mr. Jervis
Brooke Smith
Evelyn
Brighid Fleming
Eleanor
Alexie Gilmore
Marjorie
Lucas Hedges
Richard
Micah Fowler
Barry
Chandra Thomas
Bank Teller
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The infamous pie-making scene took three days to film; Brolin and Winslet reportedly ate so many peaches they got sick. Method acting has limits.
Reitman called this his most personal film, which explains the earnest treatment of material that reads as camp to many viewers—the director genuinely believes in this love story.
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