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The Playroom

Play trailer Poster for The Playroom 2013,  1h 23m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 52% 23 Reviews Tomatometer 55% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
52% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 55% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Four children in an attic make up a fantastic story while their parents make a drunken story of their own.

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Tom Long Detroit News Apr 5, 2013
C-
You have your basic family psychodrama, except there's no real heat either downstairs or up. Go to Full Review
Chris Vognar Dallas Morning News Feb 14, 2013
B+
Modest in scale, it's the kind of American independent film that brings some honor to that shopworn descriptor. Go to Full Review
Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times Feb 8, 2013
2.5/5
The film uses the upper-middle-class setting effectively, even as it resorts to heavy-handed symbolism and melodrama in its dour, mostly unforgiving portrait of parental dysfunction. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Aug 7, 2019
While the adults in the Dyer sisters' latest feature suffer the children, so do they suffer the patience of an audience desperately searching for a point of interest in the troupe presented to us here. Go to Full Review
Clayton Davis AwardsCircuit.com Dec 26, 2014
2.5/4
Leaving too many questions unanswered, and an ending that's less than satisfying, The Playroom intrigues and latches on to the viewer's conscience enough to stick through the tale. Go to Full Review
John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Apr 19, 2013
2.5/4
Molly Parker is Oscar-worthy in the juicy role of John Hawkes' alcoholic, stylish, sexy/pathetic wife. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Julia Dyer

Director

John Hawkes

Martin Cantwell

Molly Parker

Donna Cantwell

Olivia Harris

Maggie Cantwell

Jonathon McClendon

Christian Cantwell

Alexandra Doke

Janie Cantwell

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The Playroom

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Movie Info

Synopsis Four children in an attic make up a fantastic story while their parents make a drunken story of their own.
Director
Julia Dyer
Producer
Stephen Dyer, Angie Meyer
Screenwriter
Gretchen Dyer
Distributor
Freestyle Releasing
Production Co
Circle of Confusion
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 8, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.9K
Runtime
1h 23m
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