Licorice Pizza

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Licorice Pizza

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2021,

2h 13m,

Comedy

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LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.

Critics Consensus

Licorice Pizza finds Paul Thomas Anderson shifting into a surprisingly comfortable gear -- and getting potentially star-making performances out of his fresh-faced leads.

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Audience Says

Licorice Pizza might make you nostalgic for your own youth -- if you don't mind drifting through what passes for its plot, that is.

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Tom Shone

The Times (UK)

Aug 8, 2022

5/5

... As perversely delicious as its title.

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Victoria Luxford

BBC.com

Jun 17, 2022

5/5

Really stands up alongside (Anderson’s best work). It feels authentic for the time, and gives us a new star in Cooper Hoffman

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Guy Lodge

Film of the Week

Jun 1, 2022

Licorice Pizza, like Phantom Thread, is a study of magnetic human connection that isn’t necessarily good for either party — but then, magnetic human connection rarely thinks that way, or thinks at all.

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Stephen Garrett

Book & Film Globe

Aug 20, 2025

5/5

It’s a film for anyone who feels like imminent adulthood is a constant, chronic bluff.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

Jan 16, 2025

4/5

Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim are a delight in this meandering rites-of-passage story that conjures up perfectly the sights and sounds of early-70s LA.

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William Stottor

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jul 18, 2024

4/5

Like taking a time machine back to the 1970s, Licorice Pizza is a delightful piece of cinema, one rich with detail, character and an undeniably charming playfulness.

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Uriah

Dec 6, 2021

Natus rerum voluptatem perferendis.

Alfonzo

Dec 6, 2021

Et eius incidunt error commodi qui id.

Daryl

Dec 6, 2021

Non sint distinctio.

Mekhi

Dec 6, 2021

Quia qui itaque quia ex nemo sed itaque.

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Paul Thomas Anderson

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Alana Haim

Alana Kane

Cooper Hoffman

Gary Valentine

Sean Penn

Jack Holden

Tom Waits

Rex Blau

Bradley Cooper

Jon Peters

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Synopsis

LICORICE PIZZA is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film tracks the treacherous navigation of first love.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producer: Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas Anderson
Distributor: MGM
Production Co: Ghoulardi Film Company
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2021, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.3M
Runtime: 2h 13m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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