Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, Tim Blake Nelson |
Director |
Tony Kaye |
Screenplay | Carl Lund |
Music | The Newton Brothers |
Cinematography | Tony Kaye |
Editing | Michelle Botticelli, Barry Alexander Brown, Geoffrey Richman |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Made in | 2011 |
Produced by | Paper Street Films, Appian Way, Kingsgate Films |
Official Site | IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Drama |
Language | Strong impact, frequent |
Nudity | Mild, moderate impact, infrequent, no sexual |
Sex | Moderate impact, brief, infrequent |
Violence | Mild, moderate impact, brief, infrequent |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | Nonw |
Drug abuse | Low impact, innocuous scenes, alcohol and tobacco use |
Comments | Material contains complex and mature themes of dynsfunctionaily, love, care, prostitution, suicide, neglected children, lack of self-awareness, neglected children with negative attitudes, good values, mental problems, disrepect of educators, parental indifference, anger issues, chaos and confusion in life, nightmare of past secrets, forgiveness. Themes are dark, intense. In realistic and stressful settings and may be unsuitable for children under 16 as it depicts / interrogates [sic] parental difference [sic] for everything, students abusing, disrespecting and threatening their teachers, dysfunction within the classroom and teachers' despair and helplessness. Children under the age of 16 may find it confusing, distressing, upsetting and misleading. |
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Suggested age limit 16 + |
Positive messages |
Positive role models |
Violence |
Sex |
Language |
Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith Learning from the ropes of life. | 15 | |
Cape Times Frank Scheck Arresting, intense visual stylisation, powerful performances from a terrific ensemble. | 10 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers With Brody at the eye of the storm, Detachment gets to you. It hits hard. Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/detachment-20120315#ixzz2lLDJmQVf Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook | 15 | |
Metacritic.com 20 critics | 10 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 66 critics | 12 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Detachment's heart is in the right place, but overall it doesn't offer any solutions to its passionate ranting. | 11 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 12 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 33468 Netizens A Glimpse into the Reality of Life | 15 | |
Average .. 61% | 12 |