Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to Phantom Thread follows a high school student—and successful child actor—in 1970s San Fernando...
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's follow-up to Phantom Thread follows a high school student—and successful child actor—in 1970s San Fernando Valley. Stars Cooper Hoffman (Philip Seymour Hoffman's son), Alana Haim (of the band Haim), Bradley Cooper (as Hollywood hairdresser/producer Jon Peters), Sean Penn, Benny Safdie and Tom Waits.
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Paul Thomas Anderson bottles magic with the debuts of Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman in this tender, moving and funny coming-of-age pic, one that manages to feel achingly real even as Bradley Cooper hilariously gobbles scenery.
90 %325 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
65 %1,261 reviewsAudience score rating
"It’s such a delectable film..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Anderson’s instincts were dead-on in choosing Hoffman and Haim."
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Variety
Variety"Haim makes one of the most exciting screen debuts in recent memory."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Irresistibly hard to pin down: you'd have to go back around 50 years... to find another that runs on a similar kind of woozy clockwork."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"An achingly romantic tone returns by the end, as well as the sensation that... we just watched the best movie of the year."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"(Licorice Pizza) feels more concrete, more achingly, tangibly real, than just about any American movie this year."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Licorice Pizza feels pleased with how casual and effortless it is, which is the exact opposite of being casual and effortless."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"(Licorice Pizza is) holyfuckingshitIlovemovies-great..."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Both leads are outstanding in their feature debuts."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"It's the hints of danger... that lend the film its sneaky depth of feeling."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"Newbies Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman light up the screen in one of the very best movies of the year."
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ABC
ABC"If... Licorice Pizza doesn't make you happy, the trouble may be that you're clinically depressed, anhedonic or don't care for movies in general."
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Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal"So buoyant and bubbly, it practically floats off the screen."
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Time Out
Time Out"A shaggy, fitfully brilliant romp..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"An entertaining movie that, like American Graffiti and Fast Times at Ridgemont High before it, captures youth in hilarious and poignant ways."
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USA Today
USA Today"A tender, funny ramble forged in all the hope and absurdity of adolescence..."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"Quite possibly the year's best film - easily its most delightful surprise."
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NPR
NPRLicorice Pizza | Details
Award winner- Best Original Screenplay at the 2022 BAFTAs
- Rating
- M, Coarse language and sexual references
- Runtime
- 134
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
