Labor Day

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Labor Day

(2013)

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Overview

Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

Featured Crew

Jason Reitman

Director, Screenplay
Joyce Maynard

Novel

Top Billed Cast

Josh Brolin

Frank Chambers
Kate Winslet

Adele Wheeler
Gattlin Griffith

Henry Wheeler
Tobey Maguire

Older Henry Wheeler
Tom Lipinski

Young Frank Chambers

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A review by Wuchak

8.0

Written by Wuchak on August 21, 2019

Menaced by a fugitive or relishing a Godsend in New Hampshire?

A depressed single woman (Kate Winslet) from New Hampshire is compelled to give a questionable man a ride (Josh Brolin) and allows him to briefly recuperate at her verging-on-rundown house where she lives with her son who’s almost 13 (Gattlin Griffith). How will their Labor Day weekend go? James Van Der Beek has a small role as a cop.

“Labor Day” (2013) is a superb adult-oriented drama with an understated sense of possible menace mixed with a little romance. There are elements of “A Perfect World” (1993), “The Bridges o... read the rest.

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Release Information

August 30, 2013

Premiere

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December 27, 2013

PG-13
Theatrical (limited)

Meaning

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.