Big Significant Things

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Big Significant Things
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Directed byBryan Reisberg
Written byBryan Reisberg
Produced byDaniel-Konrad Cooper
Andrew Corkin
Starring Harry Lloyd
Krista Kosonen
CinematographyLuca Del Puppo
Edited byD.C. Marcial
Music by Mark Orton
Production
companies
Uncorked Productions
Heretic Films
Rather Good Films Ltd
Distributed by Oscilloscope
Release dates
  • March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08)(South by Southwest)
  • July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)(United States)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Big Significant Things is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bryan Reisberg and starring Harry Lloyd and Krista Kosonen. [1] It is Reisberg's directorial debut. [2]

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Cast

Reception

The film has a 20% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [3] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. [4] Carson Lund of Slant Magazine gave it one and a half stars out of four. [5]

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References

  1. DeFore, John (8 March 2014). "Big Significant Things: SXSW Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. Chang, Justin (27 July 2015). "Film Review: 'Big Significant Things'". Variety . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. "Big Significant Things". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. Kenny, Glenn (24 July 2015). "Big Significant Things". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. Lund, Carson (20 July 2015). "Review: Big Significant Things". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 31 March 2020.