Restless

PG-13

Released Sep 16, 2011

1 hr. 33 min.

Drama

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38%

112 Reviews

Tomatometer

48%

5,000+ Ratings

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Having lost his parents in a terrible accident several years ago, Enoch (Henry Hopper) tries to cope with their deaths by hanging out with a ghost named Hiroshi (Ryô Kase) and attending the funerals of strangers. At one such funeral, he meets Annabel (Mia Wasikowska), a young woman facing her own imminent demise. As the pair fall in love, Enoch encourages Annabel to adopt a devil-may-care attitude toward death and to live her remaining life to the fullest.

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Critics Consensus

Mia Wasikowska puts in a nuanced performance but nobody else, actors and directors included, are capable of finding a compelling angle beneath the twee veneer.

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Audience Member

Portland looks so pretty in here. French nouvelle vague meets Americana. Expect walks in the cemetery, thrift shop clothes, old big haunted houses, Halloween nights, idling around railway tracks

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Merely passes the time

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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F 7.7 [Gus Van Sant]

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Its plot is course but Mia's performance lights the movie. She was casted as a lead role in 'Alice in Wonderland' already but was not so much establish when shooting the 'Restless'. She looks dignified like Jennifer Lawrence as I saw her in the 'Winter Borne'. She must be a rising star. Henry Hopper is a son of Denis Hopper. His performance is not bad as well as Ryo Kase who performs as a ghost of a Kamikaze pilot. The movie's first-time screenwriter Jason Lew and co-producer Bryce Dallas Howard, a daughter of Ron Howard attended New York University together and it was there that Lew first wrote the story as a play. Howard, who had acted in plays with Lew, got a peek at the story and encouraged him to write it as a screenplay. The movie is set in Portland and begins with 'Two of Us' by Beatles. It creates unique atmosphere with Mia's 60's European fashions. Thoughts of: -a boy who cannot accept his parents' death -a girl s who is given 3 months to live and -a Kamikaze pilot who died without declaration of love cross and they compliment each other and solve missing part. It's filled with young and fresh sensation.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

A convincing on-screen couple gives us a look into grief.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

I thought this was brilliant, so enjoyable, different..not ur usaul storey...it would beat fault it your stars any day, (theres 1 or so hours i will never get back!) Loved it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Gus Van Sant

Director

Henry Hopper

Enoch

Mia Wasikowska

Annabel

Ryô Kase

Hiroshi

Schuyler Fisk

Elizabeth

Jane Adams

Mabel

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

The downward curve of Gus Van Sant's career continues with this awful slice of morbid whimsy.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 21, 2011

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you haven't seen a wasting disease in real life, you might think "Restless" is romantic. If you have, you might diagnose it as terminally cute.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 21, 2011

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It's not for everyone, but for me, it works.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 20, 2011

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Combining magical elements - Enoch is assisted by the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot - this one projects an irreverent spirit and may appeal to fans of Anthony Minghella's Truly, Madly, Deeply.

Jun 10, 2020

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

The film can't feel as natural, given its script's adherence to a well-worn formula. Still, it does take on a lightheaded, dreamlike quality that makes it gently romantic.

Jan 9, 2019

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

It might be a meta-commentary on the characters -- but it feels far too earnest for that.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 7, 2019

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Synopsis

Having lost his parents in a terrible accident several years ago, Enoch (Henry Hopper) tries to cope with their deaths by hanging out with a ghost named Hiroshi (Ryô Kase) and attending the funerals of strangers. At one such funeral, he meets Annabel (Mia Wasikowska), a young woman facing her own imminent demise. As the pair fall in love, Enoch encourages Annabel to adopt a devil-may-care attitude toward death and to live her remaining life to the fullest.

Director: Gus Van Sant
Executive Producer: David Allen Cress, Eric Black, Frank Mancuso Jr.
Screenwriter: Jason Lew
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Brian Grazer
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Brief Sensuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $163.1K
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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