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Poolman

  • 2023
  • R
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
2.7K
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Danny DeVito, Annette Bening, Chris Pine, and DeWanda Wise in Poolman (2023)
Follows a hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block in sunny LA. When he uncovers the greatest water heist, he does what he can to protect his precious LA.
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Darren Barrenman is an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better plac... Read allDarren Barrenman is an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.Darren Barrenman is an unwavering optimist and native Angeleno who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block and fighting to make his hometown a better place to live.

  • Director
    • Chris Pine
  • Writers
    • Chris Pine
    • Ian Gotler
  • Stars
    • Chris Pine
    • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Danny DeVito
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
    2.7K
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    • Director
      • Chris Pine
    • Writers
      • Chris Pine
      • Ian Gotler
    • Stars
      • Chris Pine
      • Jennifer Jason Leigh
      • Danny DeVito
    • 50User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
    • 29Metascore
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    Chris Pine
    Chris Pine
    • Darren Barrenman
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Jennifer Jason Leigh
    • Susan Kerkovich
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Jack Denisoff
    Annette Bening
    Annette Bening
    • Diane Esplinade
    Aflamu Johnson
    • Baliff Reggie
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    Stephen Tobolowsky
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    John Ortiz
    • Wayne…
    Armie Hicks Jr.
    Armie Hicks Jr.
    • Harroldston McCoy
    Hollis W. Chambers
    Hollis W. Chambers
    • Cosmo McCoy
    Christopher Chen
    Christopher Chen
    • Councilman Jang
    DeWanda Wise
    DeWanda Wise
    • June Del Rey
    Laurent Schwaar
    Laurent Schwaar
    • Pierre The Frenchy
    Michael Dunn
    • Tom The Waiter
    Robert Pine
    Robert Pine
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      • Ian Gotler
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    • Trivia
      Writing and directing debut of Chris Pine.
    • Quotes

      Diane Esplinade: And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of colour across the sky - so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime.

    • Connections
      Features Chinatown (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Flower Duet
      Written by Léo Delibes

      Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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    Featured review
    6/10

    Chris Pine is Bizzare (or at least he was trying to be)

    I would have never expected something like this from this gen's Captain Kirk, and I'm still not sure about what I just saw. Was it a pardoy of some sort to Chinatown? I don't know. Far for me to judge Pine on his looks but his attempts to be Jack Black if he lost weight did not cut it for me. Everything about the movie felt like he was trying to change his style to something that he truly is not.

    I would love to say this movie was great. I'll admit Pine's bizzareness had me entertianed it helped that the It's always Sunny star, Danny Devito is in it as he knows Bizzare. Annette Betteing, John Ortiz and DeWanda Wise just happen to be good actors in a strange movie.

    I just did not understand what was going on in this Mystery movie and who Pine is supposed to be cause he's not really a PoolMan.
    • subxerogravity
    • May 11, 2024
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    • Release date
      • May 9, 2024 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un afortunado soñador
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Barry Linen Motion Pictures
      • Brickell & Broadbridge International (BBI)
      • Catchlight Studios
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $131,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $131,000
      • May 12, 2024
    • Gross worldwide
      • $162,270
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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