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Restless

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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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Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) 10/21/2011
1/5
The downward curve of Gus Van Sant's career continues with this awful slice of morbid whimsy. Go to Full Review
Joe Williams St. Louis Post-Dispatch 10/21/2011
2.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) 10/20/2011
3/5
It's not for everyone, but for me, it works. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 06/10/2020
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. Go to Full Review
Stephen Saito Moveable Fest 01/09/2019
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. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner 01/07/2019
2.5/4
It might be a meta-commentary on the characters -- but it feels far too earnest for that. Go to Full Review
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thiago s @Thiagostone Nov 4 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more 11/29/2015 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 See more 09/20/2015 Merely passes the time See more 07/22/2015 F 7.7 [Gus Van Sant] See more 07/14/2015 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. See more 05/26/2015 A convincing on-screen couple gives us a look into grief. See more Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Bryce Dallas Howard
Screenwriter
Jason Lew
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Columbia Pictures, 360 Pictures Inc., Imagine Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Thematic Elements|Brief Sensuality)
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 16, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$163.1K
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
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