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Budget. $5 million [3] Box office. $22.8 million [4] Captain Fantastic is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Matt Ross and starring Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, and Steve Zahn. The story centers on a family forced by circumstances to reintegrate into society after living in isolation for a decade.
Release Date. United States. January 23, 2016 (Sundance Film Festival) France. May 17, 2016 (Cannes Film Festival) France. June 7, 2016 (Champs-Élysées Film Festival) United States. June 12, 2016 (Seattle International Film Festival)
Jul 1, 2016 · Carving With Words: Matt Ross on “Captain Fantastic”. Matt Ross will never forget the time he met Roger Ebert. It was after a screening of his directorial debut, “28 Hotel Rooms,” at the 2012 Sundance film Festival. As a lifelong fan of “Siskel & Ebert,” Ross was starstruck when the legendary critic approached him and said “lovely ...
Jul 14, 2016 · The film pings off the philosophies of R.D. Laing, the ’70s countercultural psychiatrist who theorized that mental illness — in particular, schizophrenia — was the product of a repressive ...
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Ben Cash, his wife Leslie, and their six children live an isolated existence on ten acres in the mountainous Washington wilderness. They are former left-wing anarchist activists disillusioned with capitalism and American life, who choose to instill survivalistskills and left-wing politics and philosophy in their children. They educate them to think...
The idea of the movie started for Matt Ross as he began questioning the choices he and his wife were making as parents. From there, he wondered what would happen if he were "completely present" in his children's lives while noting that modern technology had made that difficult. In making the film Ross also took autobiographicalbits from his own lif...
In July 2014, eOne Entertainment acquired international distribution rights to the film. In August 2014, it was announced that Bleecker Street would distribute the film in the United States. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2016. The film was released on July 8, 2016. The film was aired in the Un Cer...
Box office
Captain Fantastic grossed $5.9 million in the United States and Canada and $15.4 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $21.3 million,against a production budget of $5 million.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 83% based on 229 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Captain Fantastic's thought-provoking themes—and an absorbing starring turn from Viggo Mortensen—add up to an above-average family drama with unexpected twists." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 72 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".It received a ten-minute standing ovation at...
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Captain Fantastic Release Date: When was the film released? Captain Fantastic was a Limited release in 2016 on Friday, July 8, 2016. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Secret Life of Pets and How He Fell In Love. As a Limited release, Captain Fantastic will only be shown in ...
