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A Perfect Day

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2015 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who wants a laugh and history buffs. If you loved Road to Perdition or The Guns of Navarone, start here.
The mood
Funny with heart, intense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 46 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: meant for adults.

Somewhere in the Balkans, 1995. A team of aid workers must solve an apparently simple problem in an almost completely pacified territory that has been devastated by a cruel war, but some of the local inhabitants, the retreating combatants, the UN forces, many cows and an absurd bureaucracy will not cease to put obstacles in their way.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    71% on Rotten Tomatoes, 60 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesSolid

    6.7 out of 10

  • AwardsBelow par

    1 win and 11 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerWeak

    $2 million worldwide

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 22K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa

  • Benicio del ToroMambrú
  • Tim RobbinsB
  • Olga KurylenkoKatya
  • Mélanie ThierrySophie
  • Feđa ŠtukanDamir
  • Eldar RešidovićNicola
  • Sergi LópezGoyo
  • Nenad VukelićNikola's Grandfather
  • Morten SuurballeUN Official at the Briefing
  • Ben TempleUN Official's Assistant