Emotional Arithmetic
Seen it?2008 | 99 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Best for anyone interested in what war does to people and people who like stories about real, flawed people. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost. Sits nicely alongside The Zone of Interest or The Great Escape.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- Gives its people room to develop, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and a heroic dissident-cum-Soviet psychiatric hospital veteran, all reunite decades after bonding and surviving together in a detention camp during World War II.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
22% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 3K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Paolo Barzman
- Susan SarandonMelanie Lansing Winters
- Christopher PlummerDavid Winters
- Gabriel ByrneChristopher Lewis
- Roy DupuisBenjamin Winters
- Max von SydowJakob Bronski
- Dakota GoyoTimmy Winters
- Domini BlytheJane Radley
- Kristen Holden-RiedYoung Jakob
- Regan JewittYoung Melanie
- Alexandre NachiYoung Christopher