Janet Planet

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Janet Planet

PG-13

Released Jun 21, 2024

1h 50m

Drama

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

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In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.

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Unfolding at a gentle pace with an even more subdued sense of drama, Janet Planet revolves around Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler's outstanding performances.

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Katie McCabe

Sight & Sound

The film has enough empathy to go round – for a mother overwhelmed by a child’s bottomless need, and a child’s agony over the changing rules of their bond.

Feb 10, 2025

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Dana Stevens

Slate

The playwright Annie Baker shows a deft cinematic touch in her largely autobiographical directing debut.

Dec 20, 2024

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Ty Burr

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A tender yet subversive memory play set in western Massachusetts during the summer of 1991, about a dour little girl.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 1, 2024

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

This offbeat film is slow and introspective, but it beautifully captures a deep dive into human dynamics and the very real pains of growing up.

Feb 4, 2025

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

There are almost no emotional highs and lows in this movie. The camera seldom moves, and there are a lot of static camera shots of scenes where nothing much is happening. It isn't exactly a boring movie, but it feels emotionally muffled.

Rated: C

Jan 25, 2025

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Janet Planet is for the weirdos who found more solace in art than they did with other people when they were young. For the adventures taken and missed, all in the name of growing up.

Jan 23, 2025

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Samantha

this movie is a little slow paced but wonderful none the less.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/24/24

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Dorothy Y

It was a very beautiful movie with great natural sound, and talented child actress, and adult actress's and actors and subtle comedy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Suzanne

Very slow moving and so depressing! Both mother and daughter needed therapy!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/05/24

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Scott

Truly one of the most boring and pointless movies I've ever seen. It went nowhere and had no discernable point.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/04/24

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Kelvin G

A movie where nothing happens. I honestly don't get what the point of the movie was. The acting was fine but that was about it.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/03/24

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Roy J

I'm not familiar with Annie Baker, the playwright, but I'm definitely a fan of the filmmakers after watching her exceptional debut. Love the ending.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/24

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Synopsis

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker captures a child's experience of time passing, and the ineffability of a daughter falling out of love with her mother, in this singularly sublime film debut.

Director: Annie Baker
Producer: Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng, Annie Baker, Andrew Goldman
Screenwriter: Annie Baker
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24, BBC Film, Present Company
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Some Drug Use|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 21, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 30, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $258.0K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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