We Are Boats

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We Are Boats
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Directed byJames Bird
Written byJames Bird
Produced byJames Bird
Adriana Mather
Anya Remizova
Starring Angela Sarafyan
Adriana Mather
Justin Cornwell
Luke Hemsworth
Jack Falahee
Gaia Weiss
Booboo Stewart
Graham Greene
Amanda Plummer
Uzo Aduba
CinematographyStefan Colson
Music byAnya Remizova
Production
company
Zombot Pictures
Distributed byBreaking Glass Pictures
Release date
  • May 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)(AFI World Peace Initiative Film Festival)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

We Are Boats is a 2018 American fantasy film written and directed by James Bird and stars Angela Sarafyan as a dead prostitute who is sent back to Earth to help various people. [1] [2]

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Cast

Reception

As of October 2021, the film has a 50% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on six reviews with an average rating of 6.4/10. [3]

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References

  1. LePire, Bobby (July 8, 2019). "We Are Boats". Film Threat. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  2. Scheck, Frank (March 8, 2019). "'We Are Boats': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 29, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. "We Are Boats". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.