The Meddler

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The Meddler

PG-13

2016

1h 40m

Comedy

Drama

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After the death of her husband, a woman (Susan Sarandon) moves from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter (Rose Byrne).

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Critics Consensus

The Meddler transcends its cutesy title and familiar premise with a heartfelt look at family dynamics that's honored by a marvelous performance from Susan Sarandon.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

08/02/2016

3/5

The Meddler feels more like a sitcom than a feature film, with a mix of drama and comedy that wraps up neatly. But with tidiness comes charm and poignancy.

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Patrick Smith

Daily Telegraph (UK)

06/30/2016

3/5

Arriving under the radar, The Meddler is a surprise treat. Go see it with your mother.

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

06/24/2016

3/5

The film is bracing at first and then allows itself to slip into schmaltz.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

04/11/2022

4/4

What Lorene Scafaria accomplishes here is deceptively simple, yet also profound and joyous. In the feel-good genre, few films stand out as more than formula and schmaltz. But Scafaria has made one of the best films of its kind.

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

08/28/2021

A-

Another rewarding film with fully realized characters who have honest-to-God conversations with each other.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

08/18/2021

3/4

Marnie is a terrific character, brought to life not only by Sarandon (it's her best work in ages) but also by Scafaria, who refuses to let the woman lapse into cartoonish caricature (e.g. Barbra Streisand in The Guilt Trip or Sarandon herself in Tammy).

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Drina W

Jun 14

Such a wonderful film about family, chosen family, relationships, and moving on after the death of a loved one. It was just the right amount of thoughtfulness, warmth, and depth mixed with east coast humor. If you're from the tristate, you'll get the Italian American references. And Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne killed it in this. The supporting actors were equally as good and brought a rich life to this film.

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John M

@MusicBoyVA 06/30/2024

The actors were all fine but I think there needed to be more plot to the story otherwise this might have been better as a TV show and not a feature film.

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Ari V

04/04/2024

Not Earth shattering, but everything's there. Good character work, acting, funny throughout, a point,

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Nathan G

@Mmania 01/06/2024

Susan Sarandon yet again...terrible actress. Anything she is in, I refuse to watch. She's that bad

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philipus

11/05/2023

At least try to act susan sarandon. my estranged siblings can do a better brooklyn mother in LA. If you cannot add anything to a cliche do not take the role, really poor effort the rest of the cast was there where t f are you?

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Georgan G

02/12/2023

I loved this woman-dominated film. It was just funny enough and absolutely honest enough about relationships to make it terrific. Susan Sarandon gives the performance of a lifetime.

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Synopsis

After the death of her husband, a woman (Susan Sarandon) moves from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be closer to her daughter (Rose Byrne).

Director: Lorene Scafaria
Producer: Joy Gorman Wettels
Screenwriter: Lorene Scafaria
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Anonymous Content
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Drug Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 20, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 7, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.3M
Runtime: 1h 40m

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