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The Hollars is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by John Krasinski and written by James C. Strouse. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Krasinski, starring Anna Kendrick, Sharlto Copley, Charlie Day, Richard Jenkins, and Margo Martindale. The world premiere took place at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016, and it was ...
Jul 13, 2016 · John Krasinski’s family dramedy, “The Hollars,” was a Sundance Film Festival hit this year, with Sony Pictures Classics quickly picking up the distribution rights.Now, the studio has just ...
- Liz Calvario
Aug 26, 2016 · The Hollars: Directed by John Krasinski. With Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley, Richard Jenkins, John Krasinski. A man returns to his small hometown after learning that his mother has fallen ill and is about to undergo surgery.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Krasinski
- 2016-08-26
Jul 13, 2016 · Seven years after its premiere, Krasinski returned to the Sundance Film Festival with his second feature as a director, The Hollars, which stars himself, Anna Kendrick , Margo Martindale...
Aug 26, 2016 · Trailer August 5, 2016. Watch the movie trailer for The Hollars (2016). Directed by John Krasinski and starring Anna Kendrick, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Krasinski and Sharlto Copley. Aspiring NYC artist John Hollar returns to his middle America hometown on the eve of his mother's brain surgery.
John Hollar, a struggling NYC artist is forced to navigate the small middle-American town he left behind when news of his mother's illness brings him home. Back in the house he grew up in, John is immediately swept up in the problems of his dysfunctional family, high school rival, and an over-eager ex-girlfriend as he faces impending fatherhood with his girlfriend in New York.
Kids say ( 1 ): This movie is an empathetic, sometimes funny exploration of a dysfunctional family desperately trying to be functional in the face of bad news. Unfortunately, The Hollars can get in its own way. For starters, Krasinski, who also directed, overuses music in the movie, as if unwilling to trust that audiences will understand its ...
