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Black Bear

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Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine
Produced by Aubrey Plaza, Lawrence Michael Levine, Jonathan Blitstein, Richard J Bosner, Julie Christeas, Marina Grasic, Jai Khanna, and Sophia Takal
Written by Lawrence Michael Levine
With: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro, Grantham Coleman, Lindsay Burdge, Lou Gonzalez, Shannon O'Neill, Alexander Koch, and Jennifer Kim
Cinematography: Robert Leitzell
Editing: Matthew L. Weiss
Music: Giulio Carmassi and Bryan Scary
Runtime: 104 min
Release Date: 04 December 2020
Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
An excellent dramatic performance from Aubrey Plaza is wasted in Levine's contrived exploration of power dynamics within a neurotic married filmmaking team whose movies, I'm sure, would be even less interesting.