Described as a darkly comedic biopic, Emilia Jones was confirmed to be portraying the whistle-blower Reality Winner from a script written by Kerry Howley based on her own 2017 New York magazine feature, "Who Is Reality Winner?," with Susanna Fogel also on board to direct.[3] It marks the second collaboration between Fogel and Jones following Cat Person.[4]
Filming started around the areas in Winnipeg and elsewhere in Manitoba,[7][8] and was wrapped in November 21, 2022.
Release
The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2024.[9] In May 2024, Vertical acquired distribution rights to the film.[10] It was released on September 13, 2024.[11]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 56% of 36 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.10/10.The website's consensus reads: "Susanna Fogel's comprehensive take on this true story has some rooting interest thanks in part to Emilia Jones' engaging performance, but a discordantly jaunty tone keeps it from being a real winner."[12]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[13]
See also
Reality (2023), another film based on Reality Winner.
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