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Tumbleweeds
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6.4Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
Released: 1999-11-24102 minDir: Gavin O'ConnorComedy, DramaBudget: $312,000Box office: $1.4M
Cast
- Janet McTeer as Mary Jo Walker
- Kimberly J. Brown as Ava Walker
- Jay O. Sanders as Dan Miller
- Gavin O'Connor as Jack Ranson
- Laurel Holloman as Laurie Pendleton
- Lois Smith as Ginger
Themes
- san diego, california
- single mother
- mother daughter relationship
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
3,703 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 12 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gavin O'Connor
- Screenwriter
- Gavin O'Connor
- Cast member
- Noah Emmerich
- Composer
- David Mansfield
- Filming location
- Malibu
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 120328
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-11-24
- film editor
- John Gilroy
- title
- Tumbleweeds
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 75/100
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