A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 19 nominations
Dane Zagarino
- Topper Lowell
- (as Dane West)
Jacob MacKinnon
- Edgar Romanelli
- (as Jacob Mackinnon)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film's title is a reference to the song "Armagideon Time" by The Clash, as well as a reference to Ronald Reagan, who James Gray said was "always talking about the armageddon." He said Reagan was, "always mentioning the world ending. It was cultural trauma. That weighed on kids in 1980. In the [Reagan interview] clip you see in the movie, he's actually talking about Armageddon as a result of homosexuality, which is crazy. He's talking about Sodom and Gomorrah."
- GoofsPaul is sent to Forest Manor School, which is overseen and financed by Frederick Trump. Trump never oversaw or financed a school. He sat on the board of Kew-Forest, which his children Maryanne and Donald attended. That said, this *goof* was likely intentional on the part of the filmmakers.
- Quotes
Paul Graff: Sometimes kids at school say bad words about the Black kids.
Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz: What do you do when that happens?
Paul Graff: Obviously, nothing, of course.
Grandpa Aaron Rabinowitz: Do you think that's smart?
- SoundtracksAlley Cat
Written by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Performed by Bill Justis
Courtesy of Mercury Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
If director Gray thinks Reagan mentioning Armageddon was traumatic, he ought to talk to those of us who lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis! Other than being scared by the suggestion of nuclear war rather than actually being on the brink of it, this film is lackluster and derivitive. Nothing original and nothing new to say, with pedestrian direction, and an uninspired script. This is a movie that thinks it has a lot to say but it just doesn't have anything interesting to say. It's hard to become invested in such silly, shallow, and self-absorbed characters. An excellent cast does the best they can but it all adds up to very little indeed.
- jlthornb51
- Nov 17, 2022
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Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,872,625
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,275
- Oct 30, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $6,538,820
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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