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Learn about the life and career of Tom McCarthy, an American filmmaker and actor who won an Oscar for Spotlight. Find out his filmography, awards, and roles in movies and TV shows.
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Tom McCarthy is an American filmmaker who won an Oscar for Spotlight (2015) and co-wrote Up (2009). He also starred in The Wire, The Lovely Bones, and 13 Reasons Why.
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Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor who won an Oscar for Spotlight (2015). He also co-wrote Up (2009) and directed The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), and Win Win (2011).
- June 7, 1966
Tom McCarthy is a versatile and acclaimed filmmaker who has directed, written and acted in movies like "Spotlight", "The Visitor" and "Win Win". See his full filmography, ratings, photos and biography on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCreditNo Score YetFresh audience score. 92%Executive Producer75%Fresh audience score. 72%Director, Screenwriter, Producer85%Fresh audience score. 60%Director, Screenwriter, Producer72%Fresh audience score. 83%Screenwriter- June 7, 1966
- The Cobbler
- Stillwater
- Win Win
- Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
- The Visitor
- The Station Agent
- Spotlight
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What makes The Cobbler such a baffling misfire is that it didn’t have to be garbage. It could have been a perfectly lovely piece of magical realism, a Jewish fairy tale set in a New York neighborhood that still has a bit of Old World folklore in the air. Even the presence of Adam Sandler isn’t necessarily fatal, as he’s proven himself to be an exce...
Thankfully, there’s an enormous leap in quality between McCarthy’s worst and second-worst movies. Stillwater is by no means a bad film: it’s the kind of character study McCarthy does so well, but with a more uneasy, ambiguous tone than usual. Loosely based on the Amanda Knox case, Stillwater centers on an oil rig worker from Oklahoma (Matt Damon in...
McCarthy made his career out of understated character studies, but even by his standards Win Win is low-key. It’s set in Rhode Island, perhaps the least picturesque state in New England; its cast is populated by reliable, non-flashy actors like Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, and Bobby Cannavale; the sport at its core is not football or baseball, but the ...
The first film McCarthy directed after the Oscar-winning triumph at #1 on this list was… a kids' movie? A kids' movie about a Segway-riding amateur detective and his imaginary polar bear friend? It’s not as much of a departure as one might think. McCarthy had already dabbled in child-friendly media - he helped formulate the story for Up, and co-wro...
The Visitor could have been a white savior narrative, a magical minority narrative, or a mealy-mouthed message movie. Instead, it’s a quiet, grounded, deeply sad picture of New York in the wake of 9/11. It achieves this by simply treating every character as a human being, and not as a symbol. Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins, a treasure) isn’t supposed...
In terms of sea-change movies whose journey began at the Sundance Film Festival - Clerks, Little Miss Sunshine, Get Out - The Station Agent is rarely mentioned. While it was only a modest box office hit, its blend of gentle quirk and emotional earnestness helped codify what is known as a “Sundance movie”. Even if it didn’t directly inspire movies l...
In some ways, Spotlight was something of a departure for Tom McCarthy. After a career consisting of small-scale, understated dramas, here was a movie about nothing less than the exposure of widespread sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. It was also his first movie based on true events, as well as his first movie where he wrote the screenplay...
Collider reviews the director's career, from his Oscar-winning drama to his kids' movie. See how his movies stack up, from his best to his worst, and what makes him a great filmmaker.
Aug 7, 2021 · In his new film “ Stillwater,” co-writer/director Tom McCarthy wanted to present the image of an American hero – and then turn it on its head. The film, now in theaters, stars Matt Damon as...
Feb 6, 2016 · Ahead of the DGAs, Oscar-nominated Spotlight director, Tom McCarthy, explains how he made the film work and why he initially turned it down.
