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William | |
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Directed by | Tim Disney |
Written by | Tim Disney J.T. Allen |
Produced by |
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Starring | Will Brittain |
Cinematography | Nelson Talbot Graham Talbot |
Edited by | Asim Nuraney |
Music by | Craig Wedren |
Production company | William Productions |
Distributed by | Dada Films |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
William is a 2019 American adventure drama film written by Tim Disney and J.T. Allen, directed by Disney and starring Will Brittain.
The film narrates two biologists remotely cloned a living Neanderthal they named William as a way to exhibit the everyday life to what is the organism and intelligence differences in the homo-sapiens. The "parents" soon divorce due to the substantial idealism of either raising William as a normal person or a lab rat. When William turns 18 he begins to face the harsh reality of derision towards him, saving one female friend who desperately tries to help him not to join his ancestors.
The film was released on April 12, 2019. [2]
The film has a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on twelve reviews. [3]
Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars and wrote, "Yet in spite of this curious premise, William simply devolves into a drab, moody morality tale for parents about not treating your kids like test subjects." [4]
Dennis Harvey of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Tim Disney’s film strikes a bland compromise between science-fantasy, suspense-melodrama and family entertainment, developing no element to a level that generates more than mild interest." [1]
Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Deadly earnest in its highbrow seriousness, William would seem ripe for parody, except that Encino Man got there first." [2]
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