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5.5A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.
Released: 2012-09-14107 minDir: Lee DanielsThriller, Drama, MysteryBudget: $12.5MBox office: $1.4M
Cast
- Zac Efron as Jack Jansen
- Matthew McConaughey as Ward Jansen
- Nicole Kidman as Charlotte Bless
- David Oyelowo as Yardley Acheman
- Macy Gray as Anita / Narrator
- John Cusack as Hillary Van Wetter
Themes
- prison
- florida
- death row
- everglades
- swamp
- reporter
- newspaper man
- pantyhose
- lgbt
- 1960s
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
41,550 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 5 wins & 12 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Screenwriter
- Lee Daniels
- Cast member
- Gary Clarke
- Producer
- Avi Lerner
- Cinematographer
- Roberto Schaefer
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Florida
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 433465
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.dfilmscorp.ca/movies/paperboy.asp
- Image
- The Paperboy Cannes 2012.jpg
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- publication date
- 2012-05-24
- title
- The Paperboy
- film editor
- Joe Klotz
- nominated for
- AACTA International Award for Best Actress
- after a work by
- Pete Dexter
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 45/100
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