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Hanna

  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 51m
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Saoirse Ronan in Hanna (2011)
A 14-year-old (Ronan) who was raised by her father (Bana) is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent (Blanchett) and her operatives.
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A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
198K
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POPULARITY
2,296
179
  • Director
    • Joe Wright
  • Writers
    • Seth Lochhead(screenplay)
    • David Farr(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Saoirse Ronan
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Eric Bana
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  • Director
    • Joe Wright
  • Writers
    • Seth Lochhead(screenplay)
    • David Farr(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Saoirse Ronan
    • Cate Blanchett
    • Eric Bana
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    • 550User reviews
    • 407Critic reviews
    • 65Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 26 nominations

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    Saoirse Ronan
    Saoirse Ronan
    • Hannaas Hanna
    Cate Blanchett
    Cate Blanchett
    • Marissa Wiegleras Marissa Wiegler
    Eric Bana
    Eric Bana
    • Erik Helleras Erik Heller
    Vicky Krieps
    Vicky Krieps
    • Johanna Zadekas Johanna Zadek
    Paris Arrowsmith
    Paris Arrowsmith
    • CIA Tech #1as CIA Tech #1
    John Macmillan
    John Macmillan
    • Lewisas Lewis
    Tim Beckmann
    Tim Beckmann
    • Waltas Walt
    Paul Birchard
    • Bobas Bob
    Christian Malcolm
    • Head of Opsas Head of Ops
    Jamie Beamish
    Jamie Beamish
    • Burtonas Burton
    Tom Hodgkins
    • Monitoras Monitor
    Vincent Montuel
    • Camp G Doctor #1as Camp G Doctor #1
    Nathan Nolan
    Nathan Nolan
    • Camp G Doctor #2as Camp G Doctor #2
    Michelle Dockery
    Michelle Dockery
    • False Marissaas False Marissa
    Jessica Barden
    Jessica Barden
    • Sophieas Sophie
    Aldo Maland
    Aldo Maland
    • Milesas Miles
    Olivia Williams
    Olivia Williams
    • Rachelas Rachel
    Jason Flemyng
    Jason Flemyng
    • Sebastianas Sebastian
    • Director
      • Joe Wright
    • Writers
      • Seth Lochhead(screenplay) (story)
      • David Farr(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Such was the physicality of Saoirse Ronan's role, her combat tactics called for four-hour days of intense training under Dan Inosanto (a Bruce Lee protégé) over a two month period at his Los Angeles, California gym.
    • Goofs
      SPOILER: When Marissa kills Hanna's grandmother, we see her from the front rolling her eyes and slumping to the ground. Also, she is standing in front of her daughter's (Hanna's mother's) photo. There is no exit wound or blood splatter shown. But later, when Erik and Hanna meet up in her grandmother's apartment, we see that Hanna's mother's photo has a bullet hole in it and blood splatter around it indicating that the bullet had exited from the front, which is inconsistent with what we were shown before.
    • Quotes

      Sebastian: So Hanna, is your mum and Dad still together?

      Hanna: My mother is dead.

      Sophie: [to Sebastian] Nice one, Dad.

      Sebastian: I'm sorry to hear that. I lost my mum when I was very young, so...

      Hanna: It's all right. It happened a long time ago.

      Rachel: Hanna, what did your mum die of?

      Hanna: Three bullets.

      [Sebastian chokes on his wine]

    • Crazy credits
      Words are spoken during the credits. At the end of the first song: "Music: A combination of sounds with a view to beauty of form and expression of emotion". And after the end credits: "Schlaf weiter" (sleep on).
    • Connections
      Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Divagando
      Written by Pedro Ricardo Miño

      Performed by Pepa Montes, Pedro Ricardo Miño (as Ricardo Miño), Fabiola Perez, David Rodriguez, Jallal Chekara, Alexis Lefevre, Rafael 'El Electrico', Jesús Ortega, Abel Harana, Manuel Bellido, El 'Lebri', Silvia Rios Bastos, Salvador Antonio Bellido Vizcaino, Jose Fernando Rios Bastos, Ana Maria Garcia Garcia, Soledad Salazar Carrillo, Maria Del Carmen Garcia Salazar, David Crespo Gabarri, Ricardo Heredia Salazar, Maria Esther Salazar Carrillo, Beatriz Amaya Trigo, Antonia Rodríguez Saborido, Catalina García Ventura, Inmaculada Bejar Ruiz, Juan Carlos Muñoz Guajardo

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    Starts off as a good film, but ends up as a handful of good ideas, poorly strung together.
    Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Hanna (Saoirse Ronan), who was raised in a forest by her father Erik (Eric Bana). As an ex-CIA agent, Erik taught Hanna everything she needed: hunting, armed and unarmed combat, and all the languages in the world. One day, Hanna was sent out of the forest to assassinate Marissa Wiegler (Cate Blanchett), the woman who murdered her mother.

    Joe Wright's latest feature is modern-day fairy-tale that is part revenge-flick, part coming- of-age drama. Like his last effort, 'The Soloist', 'Hanna' has some very good ideas that are let down by bad decisions and occasionally over-powering direction.

    The film certainly has a very strong beginning. The concept of a killer child may be screwed- up, but this is offset by the curiosity it arouses. Why has Erik raised Hanna in this manner? Who is this woman they want to kill, and why did she become their enemy?

    The storytelling is tight, intentionally drip-fed, which keeps the focus on the moment and makes the assassination plan more dramatic. Well, for the first 45 minutes. After that, Hanna sees the wider world for the first time and becomes distracted – which is both good and bad.

    On one hand, it allows some insight into the effects of Hanna's blinkered upbringing. Having grown up killing her own breakfast and making her own fire, she is not prepared for her journey through the modern world. Seeing her flick light switches on and off in awe is one of several touching moments, which add a human side to what could have become another soulless gun movie.

    However, Wright doesn't know when to pull back on the sentimentality. The film hits its low point when Hanna hitches a ride with a stuck-up English hippy family, which is meant to contrast the lonely, limited nature of Hanna's upbringing. Ironically, this family is even more dysfunctional than Hanna and Erik, and only succeeds in making Hanna's journey more irrelevant.

    Her meticulous plan somehow becomes self-indulgent faux-art, featuring slow-motion Flamenco dancing. The film goes so off-course that it is questionable whether there was a plan in the first place. Is the story intentionally drip-fed, or is there just not very much to tell? For a child raised specifically to kill, Hanna doesn't end up doing very much.

    That's not to say that there isn't any action. There are a handful of set pieces, and they are a delight to behold. From a fight in a subway to a chase through a labyrinthine cargo yard, the action is wonderfully shot and expertly edited. Long, tracking shots allow for a high level of clarity and immersion. Even this, however, is sometimes ruined with over-energetic camera-work, turning the film into a music video.

    Saoirse Ronan is a good action star, throwing herself into her fight scenes with zeal, but her real strength is her acting. On one hand she seems so genuinely lethal that it's a little scary. At the same time, she has a delicate, innocent aura that makes it hard not to feel sorry for her. This is a layered performance that transcends the generic labelling of 'good' or 'evil'.

    'Hanna' is not flawed, but sabotaged. Ronan is superb, and the action is fantastic, but even this is not enough to put the film back on course after Joe Wright steered it in the wrong direction. It started off as a good film, but ended up as a handful of good ideas, poorly strung together.
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    • Is "Hanna" based on a book?
    • How did Hanna launch her arrow at Marissa without a bow?
    • Why did Hanna need to trigger the switch, instead of she and Erik just going to kill Marissa?

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    • Release date
      • April 8, 2011 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Focus Features (United States)
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
      • Arabic
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Hanna bí ân
    • Filming locations
      • Kemijärvi, Finland
    • Production companies
      • Focus Features
      • Holleran Company
      • Sechzehnte Babelsberg Film
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,259,119
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $12,370,549
      • Apr 10, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $63,782,078
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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