A Man Called Otto

Fall in love with the grumpiest man in the world.

Otto is a grump who’s given up on life following the loss of his wife and wants to end it all. When a young family moves in nearby, he meets his match in quick-witted Marisol, leading to a friendship that will turn his world around.

126 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)..
Comedy, Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Every super villian has a cat ...

Credits

Cast	Tom Hanks, Mack Bayda, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton
Director	Marc Forster
Screenplay	David Magee, from the bbok by Fredrik Backman and script by Hannes Holm
Music	Thomas Newman
Cinematography	Matthias Koenigswieser
Editing	Matt Chesse
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2022
Produced by	2DUX², Playtone, SF Productions, SF Studios, STX Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Comedy, drama
Language	None (sic)
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving suicide attempts, and language.
Runtime	126
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

15: Suitable for 15 years and older	Suicide theme
Runtime	126
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 36 critics	10
Rottentomatoes critics 177 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Check all cynicism at the door and allow A Man Called Otto to tug at your heartstrings with its tried-and-true tune -- it just might sing.	14
CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Neighborly love warms comedy about suicidal curmudgeon.	20
ScreenIt Jim Judy the offering definitely gives off enough warm and fuzzy vibes to pull on the heartstrings and make us care about the characters. And give budding misanthropes like me hope that I can avoid ending up like those crusty old men I used to come across as a younger person.	14
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 28 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 2500+ users	17
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	19
IMDB 7639 Netizens	15
The Movie DB Community	15
Average .. 76%	15