Stay Cool

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Stay Cool
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Michael Polish
(as 'Ted Smith')
Written by Mark Polish
Produced by Ken Johnson
Starring Winona Ryder
Mark Polish
Hilary Duff
Sean Astin
Josh Holloway
Jon Cryer
Chevy Chase
Cinematography M. David Mullen
Distributed byInitiate Productions
Release dates
  • April 23, 2009 (2009-04-23)(Tribeca)
  • September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)(United States)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.5 million[ citation needed ]

Stay Cool is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Michael Polish (credited as Ted Smith), and written by Mark Polish. The film stars Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Sean Astin, Josh Holloway, Jon Cryer, and Chevy Chase. The film premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and released theatrically in 2011. [1]

Contents

Henry McCarthy, a successful author, is invited back to his old high school to give the commencement address for the class 19 years after his. He finally has to face his past demons to be able to move on as a person and a writer.

Cast

Production

Stay Cool was filmed between July and September 2008 in Santa Clarita, Saugus and Valencia (California). [2]

Release

A film festival version of Stay Cool was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2009 and received favorable reviews. It was presented under the category for "World Narrative Film Festival". On the official Tribeca Film Festival it was described as a film that "...reminds us that time certainly does fly and old flames are hard to put out." [3] A version of the film was also premiered in May 2010 at the Marché du Film of Cannes (France).

It had a September 16, 2011 theatrical release in the United States. [4]

Reception

MTV ranked the film #5 on the "Top 10 Movies That Will Have You Screaming 'Oh My God!'" calling it "the most adult-minded movie on this list". [5]

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 14% based on reviews from 7 critics. [6]

Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Attempts to pay homage to the '80s oeuvre of filmmaker John Hughes, but its singular lack of emotional logic, charm and humor bring to mind a couple of hours in detention instead." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stay Cool : Overview". Allmovie . Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Stay Cool : Locations". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.]
  3. ↑ [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Did you know that..." Facebook.com. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
  5. ↑ "The 2009 Movies That Will Have You Screaming 'OMG!'". MTV. 2009-01-06. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  6. ↑ "Stay Cool Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  7. ↑ Robert (16 September 2011). "Movie review: 'Stay Cool'". Los Angeles Times .
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