Tully

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Tully

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Released May 4, 2018

1h 34m

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A new comedy from Academy Award®-nominated director Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno"). Marlo (Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis).

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Critics Consensus

Tully delves into the modern parenthood experience with an admirably deft blend of humor and raw honesty, brought to life by an outstanding performance by Charlize Theron.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

This stylistic maturity is typical of writers, who tend to improve.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 24, 2020

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Robert Daniels

812filmreviews

Tully is one of the best comedies of the year, fluttering between dark family fair and a Mary Poppins self-help guide

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 27, 2018

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Playing opposite ends of a spectrum -- one despairing and worn down, one so hopeful and youthful -- [Davis and Theron] could both have become caricatures of those people and never do.

Aug 24, 2018

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Devika Girish

Vague Visages

There’s a calculated precision to both Reitman’s direction and Cody’s screenplay. The film is perfectly paced and cut, and moves with a rat-a-tat rhythm; the writing is sharp and specific, with a zinger in every other line.

Feb 6, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

This dramedy is chock full of literal and nonliteral humor with brilliant choices of phrasing and timing. Truths in this movie can be flipped like pancakes on a hot griddle and topped by a drizzle of syrup made with quite an infused kick.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It begins as a natural and honest portrait of the struggle of mothers and women, but it loses its integrity with an obvious, writerly choice that reeks of artificiality.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Marc M

This is a wonderful movie. It puzzles me that many people seem to not have understood it. Even professional reviewers. The New York Times for example billed it as a comedy (a “dramedy”, actually). There is nothing comedic about this movie at all. It is about growing up and accepting that the old you is gone forever. It’s not a perfect movie, there are some plot holes. But if you don’t let those distract you it is really a very unique and heartfelt movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/09/24

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Geke g

Multiple feeling during the film. And perfect acting by Charlize Theron

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Munkhchimeg T

How can the comedy movie can be dark? It is well harmonized to make people laugh and think deeply. Good movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/24

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Bronwyn D

Charlize Theron is wonderful in this. Movie is pretty good, but not great. Definitely worth watching once though. The 'twist' wasn't much for me (I thought it obvious pretty early on). The ending was very satisfying.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/19/24

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Jeff M

This is a really difficult movie to review. For the first three quarters, I was really engaged and drawn into the story and the wonderful performances by Theron and Davis. I don't know if I've ever seen the fatigue and weariness of motherhood portrayed so realistically. But then a plot twist occurs in the last quarter of the movie. Some may love where the story ends, but to me it felt like something out of an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and I felt a little betrayed as a viewer, particularly because I loved the first part so much. It all makes sense in the end, I suppose, but I wish the filmmakers had gone a different direction. It's too bad, because I thought that for the first hour of this movie I was watching a potential home run! That being said, Theron is fantastic throughout!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/24

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Alec B

Theron is good, however the movie leans all the way in on a pretty flimsy twist that completely unravels whatever point it was trying to make about motherhood.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Tully: Official Clip - Time To Move On

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Tully: Official Clip - Off The Deep End

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Tully: Official Clip - Meeting Tully

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Tully: Official Clip - A Special Baby Gift

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Tully: Official Clip - The Seductive Nanny

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Tully: Official Clip - The Real Tully

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Tully: Official Clip - Jonah's Dismissal

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Synopsis

A new comedy from Academy Award®-nominated director Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody ("Juno"). Marlo (Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis).

Director: Jason Reitman
Producer: Mason Novick, Diablo Cody, Charlize Theron, Beth Kono, A.J. Dix, Helen Estabrook, Jason Reitman, Aaron L. Gilbert
Screenwriter: Diablo Cody
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: BRON Studios, Denver and Delilah Productions, Right of Way Films
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 4, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 17, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.2M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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