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Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

R  |   |  Comedy, Drama  |  19 June 2015 (USA)
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A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

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A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.

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$47,000 (USA) (19 June 2015)

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$1,425,221 (USA) (2 October 2015)
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A disappointment from Maya Forbes
6 August 2015 | by See all my reviews

Maya Forbes (Monsters vs. Aliens) creates an unstable movie about manic-depressive and bipolar disorder of a man taking care of two obnoxious kids, 11-year-old Amelia and nine-year-old Faith. They are played by Imogene Wolodarsky (Maya Forbes's daughter) and Ashley Aufderheide. The kids go live with their dad, who they do not like at first before the movie rushes and falls into sappiness and he begins to do what a dad *needs* to do, which creates quite a bond between him and his daughters. But they are still, a lot of times, nagging him, the movie also falls back into darkness and it was kind of all over the place.

The girls nag their mother about getting a job, ask a lot of questions, talk like grown people, and are annoying in their own right, which does not make a likable relationship.

I appreciate that Maya Forbes tried to create a good movie about her childhood in 1978 but the directing was weak. The acting, especially from Mark Ruffalo was awesome and the editing was wonderful.

The movie ended nicely.


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