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Kelly & Cal

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Kelly and Cal
Theatrical poster
Directed byJen McGowan
Written byAmy Lowe Starbin
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Lott
Edited byDavid Hopper
Music byToby Chu
Production
companies
  • Spring Pictures
  • Mountaintop Productions
  • Mad Dog Pictures
Distributed byIFC Films
Release date
  • March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Kelly and Cal is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Jen McGowan, and starring Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, and Cybill Shepherd. Its plot follows an ex-punk rocker-turned-suburban-housewife who becomes friends with a troubled 17-year-old boy.

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Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 35 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Kelly & Cal is a compellingly offbeat treat for fans of character-driven drama -- and a showcase for Juliette Lewis' formidable gifts."[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[2]

Rodrigo Perez of IndieWire wrote that "while Kelly & Cal flirts with interesting concepts under a superficial dynamic you haven’t seen paired before, ultimately its narrative is both familiar and predictable."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Kelly & Cal". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Kelly & Cal". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Perez, Rodrigo (September 4, 2014). "Review: Jen McGowan's 'Kelly & Cal' Starring Juliette Lewis & Jonny Weston". IndieWire. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019.
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