Nate & Margaret (2012)

Nate is nineteen. Margaret is fifty-two. Their odd, quirky, totally working friendship gets rattled when Nate gets his first boyfriend, who drives him away from Margaret as she tries to pursue a life as a stand-up comedian.

Director:

Nathan Adloff

Writers:

Justin D.M. Palmer, Nathan Adloff

Stars:

Natalie West, Tyler Ross, Conor McCahill

4 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Natalie West	...	Margaret
Tyler Ross	...	Nate
Conor McCahill	...	James
Gaby Hoffmann	...	Darla
Charles Solomon Jr.	...	Gregory Maddock
Cliff Chamberlain	...	Jeffrey Tomlinson
Danny Rhodes	...	Matthew
Allison Latta	...	Rebecca
Sadieh Rifai	...	Danielle
Shawn Ryan	...	Joey
John Ainsworth	...	Officer Martin
Angela LaRocca	...	Mary
Kathryn Cord	...	Emmi (as Kathryn Hribar)
Brian Levin	...	Brian
Kristen Toomey	...	Stand-up Comedian

Storyline

Nate, a 19 year old film student, and Margaret, a 52 year old spinster, are best friends in an odd, quirky, totally working kind of way... until Nate's audacious classmate Darla sets him up on a date with James. Nate's new life shakes apart his friendship with Margaret, just as she is trying to start a career as a stand-up comedian.

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Plot Keywords:

comedian | stand up comedian | friendship | date | spinster | 

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Taglines:

When your best friend is your only friend.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nate & Margaret

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cranium Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

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User Reviews

Very well done

I enjoyed this little film more than most everything else I have seen this year. The direction, camera work, casting, writing are all well done. The chemistry between the actors is evocative. The story, as one reviewer said, could use another 20 minutes filling out the female lead's actions. But, at the same time, one of the great qualities of this film is the actor's ability to inform us through their presentation of characters. So many films and TV series depend on long laborious telling of a character's backstory to let us know who they are. With this film's level of writing and the actor's ability to present their characters, they fill in much of that for you without it needing to be spelled out for you.

What I liked most, was just watching a story that was interesting, touching and well presented, avoiding the two dimensional predictability of so much of what is being churned out of a production line industry.