Bittersweet comedy-drama about a strange time in an unconventional family's life - when a bipolar father (Mark Ruffalo), incapable of...
Bittersweet comedy-drama about a strange time in an unconventional family's life - when a bipolar father (Mark Ruffalo), incapable of managing adult responsibilities, is forced to care for his two precocious daughters by himself. This is writer-director Maya Forbes' feature film debut, inspired by her own childhood.
"The year is 1978, and the Stuart family is struggling to hold it together. Cameron, a bipolar father, has had a nervous breakdown that leaves him unemployable, and Maggie, a hardworking mother, can’t quite make ends meet. Despite Cameron’s aristocratic pedigree and the couple’s top-notch education, they’re broke. When Maggie decides to accept a scholarship to pursue her MBA in New York, she must leave her daughters, Faith and Amelia, in Boston with their now-somewhat-convalesced father. So begins an untamed, unpredictable, 18-month experiment as eccentric, exuberant Cameron takes over primary parenting of his precocious, sensitive little girls." (Sundance Film Festival)
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"If your experience of having an alcoholic parent with bipolar disorder isn’t particularly rosy then this film may not resonate with you. Writer/director Maya Forbes introduces us to her own father via this semi-autobiographical vehicle starring Mark Ruffalo as the boisterous and afflicted Cameron - an eccentric New York blue-blood that has suffered a nervous break down and a tumble down the social ladder."
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Flicks
Flicks"Mark Ruffalo gives one of his most appealing performances in writer-director Maya Forbes' irresistible feature debut."
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Variety
Variety"The film's saving grace is the cast, especially perhaps the two girls... vibrant and authentic performances, charming and real and utterly convincing."
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Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile"Ruffalo, a master of rumpled befuddlement, finds his signature role here..."
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Time Out
Time Out"Feels good without feeling superficial."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"Heartfelt and honest, but it's too cute by half."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Funny and sympathetic memoir goes easy on the tale's dark side."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterInfinitely Polar Bear | Details
- Rating
- M, Mature themes and coarse language
- Runtime
- 88
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
