Labor Day

7.0
20131h 51m

Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

Production

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Trailers & Videos

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Labor Day Movie Official Trailer

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LABOR DAY - "Stay" Clip (HD)

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Labor Day Movie - Future Spot

Cast

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Tobey Maguire

Adult Henry

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Tom Lipinski

Young Frank

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James Van Der Beek

Officer Treadwell

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J.K. Simmons

Mr. Jervis

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Chandra Thomas

Bank Teller

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Matthew Rauch

Bank Manager

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Ed Moran

Prosecutor

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James Chen

Paramedic

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Dylan Minnette

High School Henry

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Reviews

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Wuchak

8/10

***Menaced by a fugitive or relishing a Godsend in New Hampshire?***

A depressed single woman (Kate Winslet) from New Hampshire is compelled to give a questionable man a ride (Josh Brolin) and allows him to briefly recuperate at her verging-on-rundown house where she lives with her son who’s almost 13 (Gattlin Griffith). How will their Labor Day weekend go? James Van Der Beek has a small role as a cop.

“Labor Day” (2013) is a superb adult-oriented drama with an understated sense of possible menace mixed with a little romance. There are elements of “A Perfect World” (1993), “The Bridges of Madison County” (1995), “Macho Callahan” (1970) and "The Place Beyond the Pines" (2012).

This is a spiritual movie about the tragedies and blisses of the human experience. Masculinity is portrayed in a positive way for a change while not neglecting to illustrate its potential drawbacks. Winslet is excellent in her role; she gets more beautiful as she ages. Meanwhile the stunning Maika Monroe has a peripheral role.

The film runs 1 hour, 51 minutes, and was shot mostly in Massachusetts (e.g. Shelburne Falls), as well as Salem, New Hampshire.

GRADE: A-

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