The Death and Life of John F. Donovan finds writer-director Xavier Dolan flailing at profundity with a technically assured drama that never makes sense of its own ideas.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Xavier Dolan -
Producer -
Xavier Dolan , Nancy Grant , Joe Iacono , Lyse Lafontaine -
Screenwriter -
Xavier Dolan , Jacob Tierney -
Distributor -
Momentum Pictures -
Production Co -
Warp Films , Lyla Films -
Rating -
R (Some Sexual Material|Language Throughout) -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 13, 2019, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 13, 2019 -
Runtime -
2h 3m