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Directed by | Tony Goldwyn |
Written by | Tony Spiridakis |
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Cinematography | Daniel Moder |
Edited by | Sabine Hoffman |
Music by | Carlos Rafael Rivera |
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Distributed by | Bleecker Street |
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Running time | 100 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Ezra is a 2023 American comedy-drama film directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Tony Spiridakis. It stars Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Goldwyn, William Fitzgerald, and Robert De Niro.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. It is scheduled to be released theatrically on May 31, 2024.
Max Brandel, a stand-up comedian living with his father, Stan, struggles to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife, Jenna. When faced with difficult decisions about their son’s future, Max and Ezra set out on a cross-country road trip.
The film was originally announced in May 2022, under the title Inappropriate Behavior. [2] Principal photography occurred in Westwood, New Jersey and Jersey City in September 2022. [6] [7]
Ezra had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. [1] [8] In November 2023, Bleecker Street acquired distribution rights to the film. [9] The film is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on May 31, 2024. [10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 77% of 13 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. [11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [12]