Top billed cast

1. 

   Michelle Williams

   Mitzi Fabelman

2. 

   Paul Dano

   Burt Fabelman

3. 

   Seth Rogen

   Benny Loewy

4. 

   Gabriel LaBelle

   Sammy Fabelman

5. 

   Mateo Zoryan Francis-DeFord

   Younger Sammy Fabelman

6. 

   Keeley Karsten

   Natalie Fabelman

7. 

   Alina Brace

   Young Natalie Fabelman

8. 

   Julia Butters

   Reggie Fabelman

9. 

   Birdie Borria

   Younger Reggie Fabelman

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-09

Gabriel LaBelle is great in this generally entertaining and interesting tale of a young lad ("Sammy") growing up in post-war America who has a penchant (and eye) for film making. Growing up in an happy environment with mother "Mitzi" (Michelle Williams), father "Burt" (Paul Dano) and sister "Natalie" (Keeley Karsten) they all rub along amiably enough. His father is a developer in the computer industry, and together with their best family friend "Bennie" (Seth Rogan) relocate to a better opportunity in Arizona. It's after a family camping trip - and the death of his grandmother - that the young...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$40,000,000.00

Revenue
$45,629,909.00

Keywords

• high school
• husband wife relationship
• arizona
• bullying
• family relationships
• coming of age
• teenage boy
• filmmaking
• childhood
• semi autobiographical
• marital problem
• big dreams
• father son relationship
• mother son relationship
• inspirational
• comforting
• compassionate
• empathetic
• sympathetic
• young filmmaker