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Adolescent star Sunny Siljic looks doubtful against a clouded blue sky on this simple, arresting poster for Jonah Hill's Mid90s
Stevie is a 13 year-old boy in a small family with a big brother and a single mother, and he looks up to the older guys that hang out as skateboard enthusiasts in the LA area, and who are about to become his good friends.
Mid90s is written and directed by debuting great Californian filmmaker Jonah Hill (21 Jump Street (2021, starring actor/story contributions).
It is a fantastic, music-drenched youth picture, which feels personal and distinct in its portrait, which succeeds in showing us a group of adolescents who are not masters of responsibility, but who somehow still maintains a kind of innocence in their actions and behavior.
All the young actors are golden, and Sunny Siljic (1915 (2015)) is wonderful as protagonist Stevie. Na-kel Smith as Ray also deserves singular praise. Mid90s is a very impressive debut.
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Jonah Hill: 22 Jump Street (2014) - Lord/Miller's wobbly, vexing, overrated sequel (co-star)
This Is the End (2013) or, Hollywood Apocalypse (co-star)
21 Jump Street (2012) - Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill dish out some loud buddy cop fun (co-star)
Moneyball (2011) - Miller makes compelling baseball movie history (co-star)
The Sitter (2011) - Green and Hill's inappropriate babysitter movie is a crude hoot (star)
Cyrus (2010) - The Duplass brothers score hilarious dramedy gold (co-star)
Get Him to the Greek (2010) - Brand and Hill light up Stoller's funny music biz satire (co-star)
Megamind (2010) - Ferrell leads McGrath's hilarious animation superbly (voice co-star)
The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005) or, Let the Sunshine In (actor)
Watch a short promo for the film here
Cost: 1.7 mil. $
Box office: 9.3 mil. $
= Big hit (returned 5.47 times its cost)
[Mid90s premiered 9 September (Toronto International Film Festival) and runs 85 minutes. It is based on Hill's own experiences growing up. Shooting took place in Los Angeles. The film opened #21 to a 258k $ first weekend in 4 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #10 and in 1,206 theaters, grossing 7.3 mil. $ (78.5 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were France with 925k $ (9.9 %) and Russia with 262k $ (2.7 %). The film won a National Board of Review award, among other honors. Hill has not returned as a filmmaker yet since the film. Siljic returned in The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018). Mid90s is certified fresh at 80 % with a 7.10/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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