My Old Ass | |
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Directed by | Megan Park |
Written by | Megan Park |
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Cinematography | Kristen Correll |
Edited by | Jennifer Vecchiarello |
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Distributed by | Amazon MGM Studios |
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Running time | 88 minutes [1] |
Country | United States [1] |
Language | English |
My Old Ass is a 2024 American comedy film written and directed by Megan Park. [2]
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024, and is scheduled to be given a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 2, 2024, by Amazon MGM Studios.
Elliott Labrant, who has been advised by her future self not to fall in love, is sure she can follow the advice she has been given. That is, until she meets the boy her older self warned her about.
In March 2022, it was announced that Megan Park would write and direct her sophomore feature film, a coming-of-age comedy titled My Old Ass, with LuckyChap Entertainment, Scythia Films and Indian Paintbrush producing. [2]
Principal photography started on August 15, 2022, in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada. [6] Tyler Hilton revealed in a January 2023 interview that he was scoring the film and Aubrey Plaza was starring. [7]
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024. [8] [1] Shortly after, Amazon MGM Studios acquired distribution rights to the film for $15 million. Following the theatrical releases, the film will be made available on Prime Video for streaming worldwide. [9] Although there were plans to give the film a wide release in the United States and Canada, it was later announced that it had been scheduled for a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 2, 2024. [10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 90% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10. Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Variety & Golden Globe's Breakthrough Artist Awards | 19 January 2024 | Breakthrough Award | Maddie Ziegler | Honoree | [11] |
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