A Man Called Otto
2022, comedy, drama
126 minutes
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
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9.0
2023-01-06
It’s unusual to find such a feel-good movie so neatly wrapped up in barbed wire. But this is a film that is both uplifing and sad in equal measure... Read more
8.0
2022-12-28
All the drama and comedy swirling together in Forster’s film empties into Tom Hanks. On different shoulders, A Man Called Otto is pure cinematic molasses, but Hanks is a sentimental soothsayer overcoming irony and doubt. Read more
5.8
2023-01-10
The narrative is well structured and rarely feels its length. It is the type of feel-good (after a few scenes of feel-not-so-good) film that will delight some and, for the rest, mercifully doesn’t overstay its welcome. Read more
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7.5
2023-02-20
A Man Called Otto is vermakelijk, grappig en hartverwarmend. Het is op een melancholische manier best een 'feelgood' film, aangezien Otto weer wat zin en betekenis terugkrijgt in zijn leven. Tom Hanks stelt nooit teleur en ook hier staat de film op zijn schouders. Read more
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