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  • 2024
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  • 1 h 53 m
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  • 1 h 53 m

Summary In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet and her spellbinding nature. In her solitary moments, Lacy inhabits an inner world so extraordinarily d...

Directed By: Annie Baker

Written By: Annie Baker

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • A24
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2024
  • PG-13
  • A24
  • 1 h 53 m

Janet Planet

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
must-see
85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
6.6
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Summary In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet and her spellbinding nature. In her solitary moments, Lacy inhabits an inner world so extraordinarily d...

Directed By: Annie Baker

Written By: Annie Baker

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
85
88% Positive
28 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 32 Critic Reviews
85
88% Positive
28 Reviews
13% Mixed
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Jun 27, 2024
Baker’s delicate spellbinders more often leave their themes unspoken. Her characters grapple with longings and a need to prove their worth, but they rarely share their struggles out loud.
By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW
100
Jun 20, 2024
One of the virtues of Ms. Baker’s spare style is the profundity that lurks in every line, which here comes out at its most clearly and movingly distilled.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
6.6
67% Positive
14 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
24% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
6.6
67% Positive
14 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
24% Negative
5 Ratings

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100
Sep 10, 2023
The movie contains no non-diegetic music and even limits major camera movement to a relatively small handful of scenes. Nothing distracts from the tender wisdom of its unimpeachably unsentimental gaze and the vividness of its very specific New England milieu.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 21, 2024
As is true of Baker’s plays, Janet Planet envelops its audience with a lulling mood before delivering a closing punch of meaning, a kind of summation of theme and intent that casts a clarifying light on all that you’ve just watched.
By Richard Lawson FULL REVIEW
77
Oct 10, 2023
The many great scenes in Janet Planet underscore the frustrations of its few bad ones: Even an emotionally tumultuous childhood can be a lot more absorbing than the indulgences of the adult world.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 21, 2024
Baker's familiarity with the area gives Janet Planet a distinct sense of place and Baker an assured way with the camera, but there's also a universality to it and to the film's central pair that helps it transcend to something even more affecting.
By Graeme Guttmann FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 25, 2024
Ultimately, the movie is really boring. Any charm or spark it might have had is quashed by a lack of strong direction and writing.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
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Production Company A24, BBC Film, Present Company
Release Date Jun 21, 2024
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating PG-13
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Website https://a24films.com/films/janet-planet
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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