It was released in theaters and made over 112 million and was in over 3800 theaters during its release.Saw A Man Called Otto on Netflix recently. It's good, a bit strange seeing Tom Hanks in a lower-budget film, but the supporting cast held their own.
In a way, it's sort of UP without the balloons.
The movie follows a man suffering severe depression and his multiple attempts at suicide which are shown and not just allude to.I think I got a cavity just watching the sickeningly sweet trailer. I don't think I could handle the whole movie.
Yes, I've read the novel. You'd certainly never guess it from the trailer, sold as a jaunty Tom Hanks romp.The movie follows a man suffering severe depression and his multiple attempts at suicide which are shown and not just allude to.
Only bad movies are depressing. "Depressing" has nothing to do with subject matter.Super depressing. Hated it.
Ok. I'll rephrase.Only bad movies are depressing. "Depressing" has nothing to do with subject matter.
I think I got a cavity just watching the sickeningly sweet trailer. I don't think I could handle the whole movie.
The movie was a lot of things, but sickeningly sweet was not one of them. Unless one is older and no longer has a purpose the first two acts were somewhat depressing mostly because we could relate to a lot of the emotional experiences that Otto was having. The third act was much brighter and inspiring but the forth and final act was not so much depressing as it was sad.When our mom passed away 8 years ago, my sister told me about a book she was reading, about our dad. He was brilliant in math (chemical engineering degree from Princeton), who was very black and white. He loved our mom more than anything. He had Alzheimer’s, and could be very cranky. He died from a fatal heart attack a few years later. I loved the book and movie, watched it yesterday with dd22 and she was like omg he’s grandpa! Dd20 watched it twice already, she liked it so much (Tom hanks facial expressions mimicked my dad’s). It starts out depressing but has a nice ending. Oh, and my parents drank from the same exact coffee cups.
The trailer certainly was, which is all I can comment on. Being familiar with the source material, I found that it absolutely struck the wrong chords with me.The movie was a lot of things, but sickeningly sweet was not one of them.
Good point. I only say that because it's a noticeably smaller production than many of his other Hollywood films. His name was definitely the draw for the film. He was paid $20 Million, the rest of the cast was considerably less (the next highest paid was to the actress who played Marisol at $800K). Hanks' typical pay for each film is $25M.It was released in theaters and made over 112 million and was in over 3800 theaters during its release.
I don't think this one qualifies as low budget.
A typical movie budget is 50-100 million, this one was 50 million.
Around 30 million or lower is considered a low budget movie.