The Same Storm is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Peter Hedges and starring Sandra Oh, Mary-Louise Parker, Elaine May, Moses Ingram, Noma Dumezweni, Raúl Castillo, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Alison Pill, John Gallagher Jr., Daphne Rubin-Vega, Joshua Leonard, Jin Ha, Judith Light, Ato Blankson-Wood, Cory Michael Smith, Rhenzy Feliz, Camila Perez, K. Todd Freeman, Danny Burstein, Joel de la Fuente, Raza Jaffrey, Brittany Bradford and David Zaldivar.

The Same Storm
Directed byPeter Hedges
Written byPeter Hedges
Produced byDianne Dreyer
Elizabeth Cuthrell
David Urrutia
StarringSandra Oh
Mary-Louise Parker
Elaine May
Moses Ingram
Noma Dumezweni
Raúl Castillo
Rosemarie DeWitt
Ron Livingston
Alison Pill
John Gallagher Jr.
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Joshua Leonard
Jin Ha
Judith Light
Ato Blankson-Wood
Cory Michael Smith
Rhenzy Feliz
Camila Perez
K. Todd Freeman
Danny Burstein
Joel de la Fuente
Raza Jaffrey
Brittany Bradford
David Zaldivar
CinematographyMaceo Bishop
Edited byTricia Holmes
Max Ethan Miller
Music byKevin Salem
Bandits on the Run
Peter Hedges
Production
companies
Home Plate Pictures
Straight Up Technologies
Distributed byJuno Films
Evenstar Films
Release date
  • September 2, 2021 (2021-09-02) (Telluride)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Twenty-four people grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic in spring and summer 2020.

Cast

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Release

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The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. In August 2022, it was announced that Juno Films acquired American, Canadian and British distribution rights to the film, which was released in the Quad Cinema in New York City and the Laemmle Santa Monica on October 14, 2022.[1]

Reception

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The film has a 79% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.[2] Nell Minow of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three and a half stars.[3] David Ehrlich of IndieWire graded the film a B−.[4]

Lisa Kennedy of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "...it’s an often-touching time capsule of a harrowing moment in which rampant death and police brutality, white privilege and surging activism answered the call of so much grief."[5]

Beatrice Loayza of The New York Times gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The film proves one thing, at least: Like many of us, Hedges and his actors clearly had too much time on their hands."[6]

Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote, "In short, this film leaves us moved and provoked — and impressed with its technical accomplishments — even if it isn’t a perfect distillation of our ongoing national nightmare."[7]

Todd McCarthy of Deadline Hollywood also gave the film a positive review, calling it "...a grab bag that mostly engages your attention and sticks in the mind as a vivid slap-dash portrait of a city and, by extension, a world under siege."[8]

References

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  1. ^ Grobar, Matt (August 24, 2022). "Peter Hedges Film 'The Same Storm' Starring Sandra Oh, Mary-Louise Parker, Elaine May & More Acquired By Juno Films". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Same Storm". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Minow, Nell (October 14, 2022). "The Same Storm". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Ehrlich, David (September 5, 2021). "'The Same Storm' Review: Elaine May Steals the Best Zoom Drama the Pandemic Has Produced So Far". IndieWire. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  5. ^ Kennedy, Lisa (October 14, 2022). "'The Same Storm' Review: A Starry Assembly Sheds Warm Light on the Pandemic's Darkest Moments". Variety. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  6. ^ Loayza, Beatrice (October 13, 2022). "'The Same Storm' Review: A Lockdown Grab Bag". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  7. ^ Farber, Stephen (September 5, 2021). "'The Same Storm': Film Review; Telluride 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. ^ McCarthy, Todd (September 8, 2021). "Telluride Review: Peter Hedges' 'The Same Storm'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
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