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Off the Map

Off the Map

Drama · 2003

An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss.

Movie details

Off the Map

2003 Drama 1h 48m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

An 11-year-old girl watches her father come down with a crippling depression. Over one summer, she learns answers to several mysteries and comes to terms with love and loss.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Off the Map?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Campbell Scott

Written by

Joan Ackermann

Amy Brenneman

Amy Brenneman

Adult Bo

Valentina de Angelis

Valentina de Angelis

Young Bo

Joan Allen

Joan Allen

Arlene

Sam Elliott

Sam Elliott

Charley

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

George

J.D. Garfield

J.D. Garfield

Romero

B

Boots Southern

Rusty

Court is in session

Put Off the Map on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.