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Old Joy

Play trailer Poster for Old Joy 2006,  1h 16m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 85% 94 Reviews Tomatometer 71% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
85% Tomatometer 94 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Soon to be a father, Mark (Daniel London) feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt (Will Oldham) proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.
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Critics Consensus

A serene, melancholy beauty permeates this meditative portrait of deep friendship and faded glory.

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Steve Murray Atlanta Journal-Constitution Mar 15, 2007
B
Old Joy may be built around a road trip, but it's also a movie about two roads -- and two souls -- diverging. Go to Full Review
Lisa Kennedy Denver Post Mar 9, 2007
3/4
Subdued, artistic, with beautifully nuanced performances that are as true as they are often elusive of commercial triumph. Go to Full Review
Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard Jan 26, 2007
3/5
You would be perfectly at liberty to find it boring and empty, but also to understand the tiny resonances that have made it one of the best reviewed films of 2006 in America. Somehow it does strike home. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Feb 22, 2022
4/4
It's an achingly sensitive film about two men quietly suffering in their own way, yet each of them struggles to acknowledge the full extent of their yearning. Go to Full Review
Piers Marchant Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Nov 13, 2020
There are a lot of turning wheels and delicately moving dial adjustments going on underneath the frontal action creating a finely tuned, impressively understated narrative. Go to Full Review
David Harris Spectrum Culture Sep 8, 2020
More than just an investigation of a friendship past its expiration date, Old Joy is a quiet study of masculinity. Go to Full Review
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Hermione M Feb 13, 2017 No idea who recommended this to us, but it didn't really do it for me.
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Kelly Reichardt

Director

Will Oldham

Kurt

Daniel London

Mark

Tanya Smith

Tanya

Robin Rosenberg

Waitress

Keri Moran

Lawnmower

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Synopsis Soon to be a father, Mark (Daniel London) feels the pressure of domestic responsibility closing in, so he is more than happy to accept when his old friend Kurt (Will Oldham) proposes a camping trip in the Oregon wilderness. During their time together, the men come to grips with the changes in their lives and the effect on their relationship.
Director
Kelly Reichardt
Producer
Lars Knudsen, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Jay Van Hoy
Screenwriter
Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond
Production Co
Film Science, Washingston Square Films, Van Hoy/Knudsen Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 20, 2006, Original
Release Date (DVD)
May 1, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA)
$255.4K
Runtime
1h 16m
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