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Directed by Alexander Payne
Produced by Mark Johnson, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
Written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
With: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Udo Kier, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Maribeth Monroe, Rolf Lassgård, Ingjerd Egeberg, Søren Pilmark, Margo Martindale, James Van Der Beek, Niecy Nash, Donna Lynne Champlin, Don Lake, Eric Burns, Neil Patrick Harris, and Laura Dern
Cinematography: Phedon Papamichael
Editing: Kevin Tent
Music: Rolfe Kent
Runtime: 135 min
Release Date: 22 December 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
A noble attempt to make a magical realism fable for our shallow, selfish times. But it fails to land because of its uneven tone, sequences that go on for too long, and characters that are not just small but also flat. 
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