A clumsy misstep for director Stephen Frears, Lay the Favorite puts all its chips on endearing quirk only to go bust.
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Director -
Stephen Frears -
Producer -
Anthony Bregman , D.V. DeVincentis , Randall Emmett , George Furla , Paul Trijbits -
Screenwriter -
D.V. DeVincentis -
Distributor -
Radius TWC -
Production Co -
Lipsync Productions , Random House Films , Ruby Films , Wild Bunch , Emmett/Furla Films , Likely Story -
Rating -
R (Language Throughout|Brief Drug Use|Nudity|Some Sexual Content) -
Genre -
Comedy , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 7, 2012, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 10, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$21.0K -
Runtime -
1h 34m -
Sound Mix -
Datasat , SDDS , Dolby Digital
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