Janet Planet

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Janet Planet

PG-13,

2024,

1h 50m,

Drama/

Fantasy/

Sci-Fi

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In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.

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Unfolding at a gentle pace with an even more subdued sense of drama, Janet Planet revolves around Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler's outstanding performances.

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Katie McCabe

Sight & Sound

Feb 10, 2025

The film has enough empathy to go round – for a mother overwhelmed by a child’s bottomless need, and a child’s agony over the changing rules of their bond.

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Dana Stevens

Slate

Dec 20, 2024

The playwright Annie Baker shows a deft cinematic touch in her largely autobiographical directing debut.

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Ty Burr

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Nov 1, 2024

3.5/4

A tender yet subversive memory play set in western Massachusetts during the summer of 1991, about a dour little girl.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

Jul 21, 2025

In its moments of humor – and those little moments of shock – “Janet Planet” really finds its footing, particularly within Ziegler’s stellar performance.

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Anna Hoang

Boston Hassle

Jul 13, 2025

3/5

The intimacy of this experience will feel reminiscent of a summer that didn’t entirely go to waste, but isn’t something that could be quite explained vividly in the first day of the school year’s round of summer vacation summaries.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Feb 4, 2025

This offbeat film is slow and introspective, but it beautifully captures a deep dive into human dynamics and the very real pains of growing up.

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Synopsis

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.

Director: Annie Baker
Producer: Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng, Annie Baker, Andrew Goldman
Screenwriter: Annie Baker
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24, BBC Film, Present Company
Rating: PG-13 (Some Drug Use|Brief Strong Language|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $258.0K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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