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Adam Driver
Paterson

Golshifteh Farahani
Laura

Barry Shabaka Henley
Doc

Method Man
Method Man

Chasten Harmon
Marie

William Jackson Harper
Everett

Masatoshi Nagase
Japanese Poet

Sterling Jerins
Young Poet

Rizwan Manji
Donny

Jim Jarmusch
Director

Jim Jarmusch
Screenwriter

Joshua Astrachan
Producer

Carter Logan
Producer

Oliver Simon
Executive Producer

Daniel Baur
Executive Producer

Ronald M. Bozman
Executive Producer

Jean Labadie
Executive Producer

Frederick Elmes
Cinematographer

Affonso Gonçalves
Film Editor

SQÜRL
Original Music

Mark Friedberg
Production Design

Catherine George
Costume Designer

Ellen Lewis
Casting

Meghan Rafferty
Casting

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Critic Reviews for Paterson

Audience Reviews for Paterson

• Jun 19, 2017

  Jarmusch is the master of these low key, plotless character studies. Driver's performance is easily a career best from him.
  

  Alec B Super Reviewer
• Jun 13, 2017

  Over the course of a week we meet Paterson (Adam Driver), a bus driver in Paterson, NJ, who is also a poet, and his live-in girlfriend, Laura (Golshifteh Farahani). This beautifully filmed gem celebrates an everyman who quietly observes life and comments on it through his writing. Laura, meanwhile, seems to be a creative soul herself, designing her own clothes, decorating their home, learning to play guitar, baking cupcakes, and all done in a black and white color scheme. Adam Driver seemed perfectly cast as a man who is not aware of his talent, but feels driven to write. Ms Farahani is stunningly beautiful and lit up avery scene she was in. I definitely want to see more of her work. There are some heavy themes (race relations, marital difficulties, and loss) addressed, but delivered with a light, sometimes humorous, touch, a Jarmusch specialty. The pace is slow, almost languid, but if one has the patience, this film touches deeply.
  

  Mark A Super Reviewer
• Apr 03, 2017

  Extremely quiet, humble and lucid throughout, Paterson strikes many a match against the dimly lit backdrop of the genre it attempts to infiltrate. I haven't seen much of Jim Jarmusch or Adam Driver, however both seem to compliment each other fascinatingly throughout, with dreamy direction and a committed yet distant performance from Driver. As Paterson chronicles the day to day, menial things the title character does that eventually lead him to extraordinary little glimpses of beauty, love and poetry that are the results of these menial tasks. It's a positive, mood-affirming piece that definitely won't appeal to everyone as sometimes it is quite hard to watch, a little overlong and far too mild to be wholly entertaining. A beautiful little film nonetheless.
  Harry W Super Reviewer
• Mar 29, 2017

  At first I didn't know what to make of this film but the performances are top notch and the film grows on you. The slow burning film has a lot of love and the poetry that our lead character reads gives the film depth that would otherwise feel like an odd choice to have in the film. The character of Paterson is brilliantly played and it's the filmmakers talent that holds our interest for the entire film. This is yet another film that showcases the talents of indie cinema, a director who doesn't change artistic integrity for a larger budget. The doesn't need a large buget to give you a deeper more complex tale, when the dog robs Paterson of something important to him, you feel for him. I can't speak anymore highly of one the best films of 2016, just incredible and the dog is easily one of the best supports. This is a must see film for any person who enjoys well crafted character films. 26-06-2017.
  Brendan N Super Reviewer

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