Adopting Audrey

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Adopting Audrey

Released Aug 26, 2022

1h 32m

Drama

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Fired from her seventh job in two years and estranged from her family, Audrey (Jenna Malone) is restless and dwells in a distinctly modern solitude, relying on YouTube for companionship. After falling down a video rabbit hole, she discovers the world of adult adoption and decides to try it herself in hopes of finding a sense of belonging. Audrey soon finds is an adoptive family whose dysfunction mirrors her own, allowing her to form an unlikely bond with the cantankerous patriarch, Otto (Robert Hunger-Bühler), who is seemingly as cold as she is courteous.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

Audrey is played by Jena Malone with warmth and thoughtfulness; her performance the most distinctive thing about this otherwise forgettable movie.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 6, 2023

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Christian Zilko

IndieWire

Cahill demonstrates minimal storytelling ambition, filling the 90 minutes with standard shot-reverse shot dialogue and sitcom-esque establishing shots. And the film never quite figures out what story it wants to tell.

Rated: C-

Aug 26, 2022

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Claire Shaffer

New York Times

Even if you’re able to suspend disbelief, the bond between Audrey and Otto is weighed down by stilted dialogue and hackneyed attempts at drama.

Aug 25, 2022

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

Gentle, meandering, small-town cinematic fluff.

Rated: 6/10

Mar 13, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

Cinema presents us with no end of films focused on romantic love. This is a different kind of love story, addressing what, for many people, is an equally deep human need.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 3, 2023

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Andrew Murray

The Upcoming

Malone gives one of the best performances of her career to date in Adopting Audrey, with Hunger-Bühler shining alongside her. Unfortunately, the script isn’t up to the same high standard of excellence.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 3, 2023

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A realistic movie about a drifter woman "Audrey" and a dysfunctional family and their interactions. I thought it was entertaining and worth seeing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/23/23

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Jerod S

Audrey is a weirdo that's estranged from her own family. When jobs go sideways, she hides and watches cat videos on youtube. When she realizes she can be adopted as an adult, she gets hooked up with a family with their own dysfunction. Points her back home...but if there's worth of the whole true tale, the film isn't very forthcoming with it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Excellent story. Jenna Malone and Robert Unger Buhler are both excellent. Another gem from Mike Cahill.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/04/22

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tblkcd052951

It's a cool little movie, a 'good indie movie' ... gentle, not sentimental -- okay, maybe just slightly, but realistically. All the main characters are flawed, yet oddly sympathetic ... kind've like those encountered in real life.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/01/22

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Audience Member

While the performances work, Audrey´s journey about drifting in life and finding some kind of purpose falls kinda flat because its story never really lands somewhere interesting, so Adopting Audrey like her character kinda drifts along too.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Jena Malone was superb here. 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Fired from her seventh job in two years and estranged from her family, Audrey (Jenna Malone) is restless and dwells in a distinctly modern solitude, relying on YouTube for companionship. After falling down a video rabbit hole, she discovers the world of adult adoption and decides to try it herself in hopes of finding a sense of belonging. Audrey soon finds is an adoptive family whose dysfunction mirrors her own, allowing her to form an unlikely bond with the cantankerous patriarch, Otto (Robert Hunger-Bühler), who is seemingly as cold as she is courteous.

Director: M. Cahill
Producer: Lawrence Inglee, Joanna Colbert, M. Cahill
Screenwriter: M. Cahill
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2022
Runtime: 1h 32m