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The Myth of Fingerprints

Play trailer Poster for The Myth of Fingerprints R,  1997,  1h 33m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 63% 24 Reviews Tomatometer 56% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
63% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 56% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Grown siblings spend an uneasy Thanksgiving weekend at their parents' home in Maine.

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Richard Williams Guardian Aug 6, 2024
A pleasantly straightforward movie about the sort of mind-games played when the members of a dispersed New England family gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. Go to Full Review
Sheila Johnston Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 6, 2024
It's a performance-driven piece, competently if unspectacularly orchestrated by the first-time writer-director Bart Freundlich into a series of minor insights, which deliberately steer away from catharsis. Go to Full Review
Ryan Gilbey Independent (UK) Aug 6, 2024
3/4
It's the underrated Roy Schneider and the ever-brilliant Julianne Moore who really make this worth seeing. Go to Full Review
Matthew Sweet Independent on Sunday Aug 6, 2024
Efficient performances from Blythe Danner and ER's Noah Wyle can't lift the atmosphere of ponderous self-absorption. Go to Full Review
Philip French Observer (UK) Aug 6, 2024
The actors, however, give substance to rather nebulous characters. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Bart Freundlich

Director

Arija Bareikis

Daphne

Blythe Danner

Lena

Hope Davis

Margaret

Laurel Holloman

Leigh

Brian Kerwin

Elliot

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The Myth of Fingerprints

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Movie Info

Synopsis Grown siblings spend an uneasy Thanksgiving weekend at their parents' home in Maine.
Director
Bart Freundlich
Producer
Mary Jane Skalski, Tim Perell, Bart Freundlich
Screenwriter
Bart Freundlich
Production Co
Trimark, Columbia
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 19, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$541.1K
Runtime
1h 33m
Sound Mix
Surround
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