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Cinema Verite

Play trailer Poster for Cinema Verite TV-14,  2011,  1h 30m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the 1970s Bill Loud (Tim Robbins) and his wife, Pat (Diane Lane), allow cameras to film their personal lives for the PBS series "An American Family."
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Critics Consensus

Cinema Verite is a disappointingly incurious dive into the birth of reality television, but terrific performances and the inherent intrigue behind the making of An American Family keep this drama compelling.

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Andrew Billen The Times (UK) Jun 10, 2020
The film's real fascination is with the documentary's maker, Craig Gilbert, played with wonderful faux innocence by James Gandolfini. Go to Full Review
Julie Hinds San Jose Mercury News Jun 10, 2020
Like a history lesson in the genre that's taken over so much of cable and broadcast network programming. It's also the sort of intelligent drama that has to compete with the cheaper, flashier shows that An American Family eventually spawned. Go to Full Review
Matt Zoller Seitz Salon.com Jun 10, 2020
Cinema Verite is smart and often moving, but unsatisfying overall. It compresses seven months of shooting, 3,000 hours of raw footage, and 12 hours' worth of televised story into a little over 90 minutes, losing complexity along the way. Go to Full Review
David Crawford Radio Times Mar 4, 2026
4/5
Lane stands out as Pat, subtly portraying her shift from naive charm to brittle cynicism, while Gandolfini infuses his wily Gilbert with a twinkly eyed charm. Go to Full Review
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Hermione G Mar 24, 2019 Good performances from both Lane and Gandolfini reaching towards the final act of the realistically comparable reception, but they werenâ(TM)t enough when following the forced treatment in akin to Lifetime's "Unauthorized Story" series that needs little stronger credibility to present convincing accuracy around the melodrama by further documentation that were available. (C+) See more
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Shari Springer Berman

Director

Robert Pulcini

Director

Diane Lane

Pat Loud

Tim Robbins

Bill Loud

James Gandolfini

Craig Gilbert

Patrick Fugit

Alan Raymond

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Cinema Verite

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Movie Info

Synopsis In the 1970s Bill Loud (Tim Robbins) and his wife, Pat (Diane Lane), allow cameras to film their personal lives for the PBS series "An American Family."
Director
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Producer
Karyn McCarthy
Screenwriter
David Seltzer
Production Co
HBO Films
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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