Release: The Big One

 

The Big One
Genre: Drama/Mystery
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Jimmy Ellis & John Malone
Cast: Sadie Sink, Amy Adams, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fred Hechinger, H. Jon Benjamin, Bella Heathcote, Jake Lacy






Budget: $45,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $73,859,692
Foreign Box Office: $43,549,680
Total Profit: $38,777,009

Reaction: It's always nice to start off a season with a solid hit - especially when the film is not of the blockbuster variety.

"The Big One is a very intriguing mix of its obvious influences, using them in ways that still allows this film to keep some originality (for the most part). The cast is stacked with strong performances. There isn't a single performance that feels weak or out-of-place."- Robert Avery, San Jose Mercury

"Paul Thomas Anderson feels like the natural choice to lead this breezy amalgamation of The Truman Show, The Village, and Pleasantville. While the supporting cast boasts big names in Murray, Norton, and Adams, this is the Sadie Sink show and she delivers with a worthy follow-up from her GRA-nominated performance in Tumor."- Gregory Fletcher, Los Angeles Times-Journal

"The Big is an obvious hybrid of The Village and Pleasantville. Even though it is too obvious at times with these influences, the story still completely works. Sadie Sink delivers yet another strong performance that has her knocking on the door to join other young LRF stars like Elle Fanning, Sydney Sweeney and Mackenzie Foy. She may not be up there yet, but a few more films like this and she could be. Sink's not the only one giving a great performance, as she is joined by Bill Murray giving what is probably his best LRF performance to date."- Charlie Sage, HBC-TV

PG-13 for thematic elements