Directed by:
Liza JohnsonScreenplay:
Mark PoirierCinematography:
Kasper TuxenComposer:
Dickon HinchliffeCast:
Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sami Gayle, Christine Lahti, Nick Nolte, Douglas M. Griffin, Ann Mahoney, Jeff Pope (more)Plots(1)
In her first dramatic role, Kristen Wiig gives "a beautifully restrained performance" (The Hollywood Reporter) as Johanna, a profoundly shy, shabby housekeeper hired to care for Mr. McCauley (Nick Nolte) and his granddaughter Sabitha (Hailee Steinfeld). Despite her outgoing nature, Sabitha carries wounds from the death of her mother years before, while her father (Guy Pearce) is a hapless recovering drug addict with a certain ragged charm. In an act of mean-spirited rebellion, Sabitha fosters a pseudo-relationship between Johanna and her father through a series of forged emails, never dreaming of the potential harm. However, Johanna is not a demure cut-out, but rather a woman for whom the phrase "still waters run deep" could have been coined, and the young girl's cruel prank provokes Johanna to indulge in something long missing from her life: the dream of a future and a home of her own. (IFC Films)
(more)Cast
Kristen Wiig
USA
Best movies:
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Martian (2015)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Guy Pearce
UK
Best movies:
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Memento (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Hailee Steinfeld
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Jennifer Jason Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Who Cares a Lot?: The Greatest Videos (1999) (music video)
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Sami Gayle
USA
Best movies:
Detachment (2011)
The Congress (2013)
Hateship Loveship (2013)
Christine Lahti
USA
Best movies:
...And Justice for All (1979)
Running on Empty (1988)
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Nick Nolte
USA
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
U Turn (1997)
Douglas M. Griffin
USA
Best movies:
Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Glory Road (2006)
Ann Mahoney
USA
Best movies:
99 Homes (2014)
Logan Lucky (2017)
Barefoot (2014)
Jeff Pope
USA
Best movies:
Prisoners (2013)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
Looper (2012)
Casey Hendershot
Best movies:
The Longest Yard (2005)
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
BASEketball (1998)