Ithaca

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Ithaca

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Released Sep 9, 2016

1h 36m

Drama

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During the summer of 1942, a 14-year-old (Alex Neustaedter) looks after his widowed mother (Meg Ryan) and two siblings while working as a bicycle messenger.

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Devan Coggan

Entertainment Weekly

Hanks' casting feels like a missed opportunity-much like the rest of Ithaca.

Rated: C+

Sep 9, 2016

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Joe Leydon

Variety

"Ithaca" is the sort of frustrating movie that's just good enough to make you wish it were a lot better.

Sep 8, 2016

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

Ms. Ryan's muted approach may be what we've come to expect of looks back at this period ... But she executes the formula well.

Sep 8, 2016

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Leslie Combemale

Cinema Siren

Sweet and nice enough to support if you like idealistic, albeit meandering WWII stories, or want to live inside a Rockwell painting for a while.

Rated: C

Oct 17, 2019

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Mae Abdulbaki

Movies with Mae

Ultimately, Ryan is ambitious in her directorial debut, but Ithaca never comes together to be a moving and coherent story, as I'm sure it intended to be.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 10, 2019

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Rachel Brook

One Room With A View

Canny casting and strong performances add interest to a predictable made-for-Hollywood plot.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 30, 2019

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David A

Very thought provoking look at war and those left behind…Great casting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Dani G

Nothing. Absolutely nothing to praise about this. Slow, plain and boring, plus cold acting

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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hazy w

Not sure what all the low ratings are about. This is a wonderful, subtle, thoughtful coming of age story, beautifully filmed. Great score too.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Glad it was an update as it never stated it was a remake of Soroyan's classic "The Human Comedy" both a movie and a book. Way more updated than the 1943 movie with Micky Rooney. Thank heavens as that was a studio WWII propaganda film. I like this as I did analyze the heck out of the book in high school on a paper of WWII in literature. Ryan did an ok job directing but nothing spectacular. The boy who played Homer did a fine job as showing his coming of age and how his innocence died the day his brother and boss died.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Fantastic acting by the whole cast. Even the youngest star gives an excellent performance. A truly heart wrenching story that gives you another side to the lives of those living at home during the war.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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While it was enjoyable and slow-moving overall, I'm not sure the point of the story as It didn't seem to have any real direction

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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During the summer of 1942, a 14-year-old (Alex Neustaedter) looks after his widowed mother (Meg Ryan) and two siblings while working as a bicycle messenger.

Director: Meg Ryan
Producer: Laura Ivey, Janet Brenner, Erik Jendresen
Screenwriter: Erik Jendresen
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Apple Lane Productions, Co-Op Entertainment, BRON Studios, Playtone, The Exchange, Pilothouse Pictures
Rating: PG (Thematic Elements|Smoking|A War Image)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2016
Runtime: 1h 36m

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