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Outside In

Outside In

Drama · 2018

An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.

Movie details

Outside In

“Things are never the same on the outside.”

2018 Drama 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

An ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high-school teacher.

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 Outside In?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lynn Shelton

Written by

Lynn Shelton · Jay Duplass

Edie Falco

Edie Falco

Carol

Jay Duplass

Jay Duplass

Chris

Louis Hobson

Louis Hobson

Matt

A

Alycia Delmore

Tara

Ben Schwartz

Ben Schwartz

Ted

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed

Aunt Bette

Kaitlyn Dever

Kaitlyn Dever

Hildy

Court is in session

Put Outside In 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.