Marjorie Prime (2017)

A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.

Director:

Michael Almereyda

Writers:

Michael Almereyda (written for the screen by), Jordan Harrison (based on the play by)

Stars:

Stephanie Andujar, Hana Colley, Geena Davis

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Stephanie Andujar	...	Julie
Hana Colley	...	2nd Generation Marjorie, Age 10 (as Hana May Colley)
Geena Davis	...	Tess
Hannah Gross	...	Young Marjorie
Jon Hamm	...	Walter
India Reed Kotis	...	Young Tess (as India Kotis)
Leslie Lyles	...	Mrs. Salveson
Cashus Muse	...	Bartender
Tim Robbins	...	Jon
Lois Smith	...	Marjorie
Azumi Tsutsui	...	2nd Generation Marjorie, Age 30
Bill Walters	...	Old Jon (as W.A. Walters)

Storyline

In the near future, a time of artificial intelligence: 86-year-old Marjorie has a handsome new companion who looks like her deceased husband and is programmed to feed the story of her life back to her. What would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance?

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Plot Keywords:

dog pound | reference to a mutt the dog | repeated dialogue | reference to a burial | running on a beach | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

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Quotes

Tess: When you remember something, you remember the memory. You remember the last time you remembered it, not the source, so it's always getting fuzzier, like a photocopy of a photocopy.

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Connections

Referenced in Orange Is the New Black: State of the Uterus (2018)

User Reviews

Great acting, weak direction

Its a good concept that delivers an interesting movie about love, memories, regret and secrets. The film lives from its wonderful cast who are all very well picked and delivered good performance, however it suffers from its rather weak direction by Michael Amereyda who tried to make it too artsey for its own sake. Lois Smith delivers a great and charming performance. And I am glad she got some material to work with actually instead of just second hand supporting roles as usual. She really got talent and gave her role a lot of good and interesting facettes. Another great performance came from Geena Davis. One of her best recent performances. Davis really understood her role, which surely wasn't easy and the audience was easy to care for it, at least I did. Tim Robbins was also fine and did have some good and difficult moments. Also not a bad performance by Jon Hamm who might have had the most difficult role but mastered it well enough, even if he appeared a bit wooden, which was intentionally. But what was it with that annoying score/soundtrack? That really played the movie down which is a shame. It had a lot of potential but they tickled the wrong ankles at times. Too bad. Still worth to see for the performances.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 October 2017 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Marjorie Prime

Filming Locations:

Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$20,668, 20 August 2017

Gross USA:

$180,608

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$213,858

Company Credits

Production Co:

Passage Pictures (II), 141 Entertainment, BB Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1