The New Mutants (2020)

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

Director:

Josh Boone

Writers:

Josh Boone, Knate Lee

Stars:

Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton

4 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Maisie Williams	...	Rahne Sinclair
Anya Taylor-Joy	...	Illyana Rasputin
Charlie Heaton	...	Sam Guthrie
Alice Braga	...	Dr. Reyes
Blu Hunt	...	Dani Moonstar
Henry Zaga	...	Roberto da Costa
Adam Beach	...	Dani's Father
Thomas Kee	...	Sam's Father
Colbi Gannett	...	Young Illyana
Happy Anderson	...	Reverend Craig
Dustin Ceithamer	...	Smiling Man
Jacinto Vega SpiritWolf	...	Frozen Cheyenne (as Jacinto 'Spirit Wolf' Vega)
Chuck	...	Wolf
Marilyn Manson	...	Smiling Man (voice)

Storyline

After a near-death experience during a strange tornado, Danielle Moonstar awakens in an abandoned research facility run by the mysterious Dr Cecilia Reyes. There, Dr Reyes introduces Dani to four other equally uncommon teenagers: Illyana Rasputin, Rahne Sinclair, Sam Guthrie, and Roberto da Costa, who wants to keep them safe and sound until they learn how to be in full control of their extraordinary abilities. However, even though the exceptional team of traumatised inmates believes that they're being treated and cared for, before long, they all start to experience horrifying hallucinations. But, this institution was supposed to be a safe place. Are they patients or prisoners?

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Plot Keywords:

mutant | x men | based on comic book | lesbian kiss | marvel comics | 

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Taglines:

They will never let you out.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent content, some disturbing/bloody images, some strong language, thematic elements and suggestive material

Did You Know?

Trivia

Illyana carries a dragon toy. This is a homage to Lockheed, a pet dragon owned by the X-Men (in the comics he was owned by Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat, in this film he is owned by Magik).

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Goofs

Not too far into the movie Magik 'Illyana' shows Mirage 'Dani' around the school and grounds, there's a fountain in front of the main entrance where Magik has stashed some spray paint, she proceeds to spray a bit of graffiti onto the base of the fountain. Throughout the movie whenever you get a shot from the same perspective, the graffiti has disappeared and then it returns, then it's gone again.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Danielle Moonstar: There's a Native American proverb that says: Inside every person there are two bears, forever locked in combat for your soul. One bear is all things good: compassion, love, trust. The other is all things evil: fear, shame and self-destruction.

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Crazy Credits

The opening title and closing credits are accompanied by snowfall.

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Connections

Follows X2: X-Men United (2003)

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Soundtracks

The Kiss, Pt 2
Written by Nate Walcott (as Nathaniel Walcott)
Performed by Nate Walcott (as Nathaniel Walcott) and Mike Mogis

User Reviews

Wow, that was a bad movie

It baffles me, when a studio can spend $67 million on something like this. Somebody with authority ok'd this for release. Yes, I realize they did a lot of reshoots, but did they make it better or worse? Because it couldn't have been much worse. Such a waste of good casting.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese Latin

Release Date:

28 August 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

X-Men: The New Mutants

Filming Locations:

Medfield State Hospital - 45 Hospital Road, Medfield, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$67,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,037,017, 30 August 2020

Gross USA:

$23,852,659

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$46,998,311

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Studios, Kinberg Genre, Marvel Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1