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All Is Bright
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhil Morrison
Written byMelissa James Gibson
Produced byElizabeth Giamatti
Dan Carey
Sidney Kimmel
John Penotti
StarringPaul Giamatti
Paul Rudd
Sally Hawkins
Amy Landecker
CinematographyW. Mott Hupfel III
Edited byJeff Buchanan
Music byGraham Reynolds
Production
companies
Distributed byAnchor Bay Films
Release dates
  • April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18) (Tribeca)
  • September 10, 2013 (2013-09-10) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,556[1]

All Is Bright is a 2013 comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It stars Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd, with Sally Hawkins and Amy Landecker in supporting roles.

The film debuted at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, with a video on demand release following on September 10, 2013. It was released in theaters on October 4, 2013. The film was a direct-to-video movie screened theatrically, with a limited theatrical release of three days to generate buzz for the November 18, 2013 target DVD release.[2]

Synopsis

While out on parole, Dennis (Giamatti) reluctantly takes a job selling Christmas trees with his old buddy Rene (Rudd) in order to make enough money to buy his estranged daughter the piano she's always wanted. The antics of the 2 leads have been suggested to be based on the amalgamation of famous mis-adventures of employees from North Pole Xmas Trees. North Pole Xmas Trees is a famous family Christmas Tree business from Nashua NH.

Cast

Production

The film's name was changed from its original title of Almost Christmas[3] to All Is Bright.

Reception

It has a 42% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 24 reviews,[4] with the critical consensus "Well-acted but uneven, All Is Bright strands a pair of strong performances from Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd in a meandering script."

References

  1. ^ "All is Bright (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  2. ^ Box Office Mojo: All Is Bright, Released October 4 to October 6.
  3. ^ Variety: Tribeca Film Review: Almost Christmas By Ronnie Scheib, April 26, 2013.
  4. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: All Is Bright