Diane

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Diane

2019

1h 35m

Drama

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For Diane, everyone else comes first. Generous but with little patience for self-pity, she spends her days checking in on sick friends, volunteering at her local soup kitchen, and trying valiantly to save her troubled, drug-addicted adult son from himself. But beneath her relentless routine of self-sacrifice, Diane is fighting a desperate internal battle, haunted by past mistakes which threaten to tear her increasingly chaotic world apart.

Critics Consensus

A small-scale drama rich with meaning, Diane offers audiences an uncommonly empathetic and wise look at life -- and stellar work from Mary Kay Place in the title role.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

For decades Kent Jones has been one of the most eloquent and perceptive film critics in the U.S.; with this devastating chamber drama... he also proves himself to be a keen observer of psychology and American social mores.

Mar 10, 2020

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Jonathan Romney

Film Comment Magazine

We usually expect that a film named after its protagonist will sooner or later reveal everything about that person, give us the whole woman; Diane, by contrast, comes in pieces

May 10, 2019

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Diane is a sublime puzzle of a movie, resolving itself without completely yielding its secrets.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 25, 2019

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Ethan Gordon

InSession Film

Poignant and sneaky good...

Rated: B+

Mar 21, 2024

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Jason Adams

The Film Experience

Mary Kay Place never goes for the jugular with any of the material, knowing full well how to make us lean in and feel something just by virtue of her beautiful stillness.

Jan 10, 2022

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Mundane and melancholic, a day-to-day sameness that is crushingly cyclical. And yet, there is comfort in the cycle.

Rated: 3.5/5

Mar 12, 2021

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Alec B

At first the movie plays out like your typical indie character study but gradually it goes deeper. Mary Kay Place is great, finally getting a role worthy of her talents.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/08/24

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dolores c

A sad but beautiful movie!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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wayne m

Diane is a beautifully observed small film. A meticulous and authentic film that is very small in scale but large in truth. Set in a small town in Massachusetts the film follows Diane, a woman who is central to her community. She spends a lot of her time visiting her cancer ridden cousin in hospital and also her drug addcited son. She spends her other time caring and listening and visting friends. This superb film is small on action but big on conversationsa and human interactions. It shows quietly how rgret can transform a life and how family bonds can sometimes be broken. It can be sad at times, but there is some degree of hope. Mary Kay Place is superb in the lead role. She ads plenty of empathy to a rich and rewarding film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Diane was slow. The acting was excellent, but It was a depressing film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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vander a

Excellent character study - Mary Kay Place is phenomenal and she's in every scene in the movie - Great script, well acted portrayal of everyday life.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Why does it seem that a good character piece almost never comes with a tight story line? I'm getting tired of movies that are "a slice of life" and nothing else. Tell me a story, dammit! Also, if you like the word "Goddamn" you are going to love this film. I'm thinking that the Goddamn drinking game would be appropriate. Very lazy script-writing.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

For Diane, everyone else comes first. Generous but with little patience for self-pity, she spends her days checking in on sick friends, volunteering at her local soup kitchen, and trying valiantly to save her troubled, drug-addicted adult son from himself. But beneath her relentless routine of self-sacrifice, Diane is fighting a desperate internal battle, haunted by past mistakes which threaten to tear her increasingly chaotic world apart.

Director: Kent Jones
Producer: Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman
Screenwriter: Kent Jones
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Sight Unseen Pictures, AgX
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $339.4K
Runtime: 1h 35m

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