Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | James Schamus |
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| Writer: | James Schamus, Philip Roth |
| Staring: |
| In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 29, 2016 |
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| Director: | James Schamus |
| Writer: | James Schamus, Philip Roth |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | based on novel or book, jewish life, ohio, korean war (1950-53), college, 1950s |
| Production Companies | Likely Story, Symbolic Exchange |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,924,527
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Logan Lerman | Marcus Messner |
| Sarah Gadon | Olivia Hutton |
| Tracy Letts | Dean Caudwell |
| Linda Emond | Esther Messner |
| Joanne Baron | Mrs. Greenberg |
| Ben Rosenfield | Bertram Flusser |
| Philip Ettinger | Ron Foxman |
| Pico Alexander | Sonny Cottler |
| Noah Robbins | Marty Ziegler |
| Danny Burstein | Max Messner |
| Susan Varon | Mrs. Dadidovich |
| Bryan Burton | Ben |
| Steven Kaplan | Anker |
| Richard Topol | Mo Greenberg |
| Isabel Keating | Miss Clement |
| Eli Gelb | David |
| Margo Kazaryan | Student |
| Doris McCarthy | Church Volunteer |
| Melanie Blake Roth | Student |
| Andrew S. Thompson | Student |
| Bo Stansell | Young Nurse |
| Bryan Fitzgerald | History Student |
| Betsy Hogg | Sophomore Girl |
| Rebecca Watson | College Nurse |
| Will MacAdam | Family Friend at Shiva & Synagogue |
| Jason Erik Zacek | Student |
| KC Coy | College Student |
| Samuel Dunning | Dead American Soldier |
| Eliza Foss | Alice |
| Ruth Flaherty | Church Matron |
| Tom Bair | President Wentz |
| Sam Rohloff | Dead American Soldier |
| Neal Arluck | Man In Synagogue |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Andrew Marcus | Editor |
| Philippa Culpepper | Set Decoration |
| Kirsten Kearse | Script Supervisor |
| Allan Zaleski | Dialogue Editor |
| Tom Ryan | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Shaun Brennan | Foley Artist |
| Derek Wang | Art Direction |
| Alison Cohen Rosa | Still Photographer |
| Lewis Goldstein | Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jan McLaughlin | Production Sound Mixer |
| Amy Roth | Costume Design |
| Cate Montana | ADR Editor |
| Maria Sylvania | Property Master |
| James Schamus | Director, Screenplay |
| Philip Roth | Novel |
| Christopher Blauvelt | Director of Photography |
| Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Inbal Weinberg | Production Design |
| Jay Wadley | Original Music Composer |
| Wen-Hsuan Tseng | Foley Editor |
| Chris Healer | Visual Effects |
| Alex Bickel | Digital Intermediate Colorist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lourenço Sant'Anna | Executive Producer |
| Avy Eschenasy | Executive Producer |
| Caroline Jaczko | Executive Producer |
| Woody Mu | Executive Producer |
| Stefanie Azpiazu | Executive Producer |
| Rodrigo Teixeira | Producer |
| James Schamus | Producer |
| Anthony Bregman | Producer |
| Lisa Wolofsky | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Bronfman | Executive Producer |
| Sophie Mas | Executive Producer |
| Logan Lerman | Executive Producer |
| Gustavo Rosa | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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**Life is unexplained, but to keep it going depends on the events surround it/us.** The film certainly defines two things, the life is unpredictable and the college life in the 1950s. Based on the book of the same name, made by a producer turned director which is his first attempt. A pure drama t ... hat follows a Jewish American student who is pursuing a degree in a small Ohio college. The film reveals his social skills, confused romance with a troubled girl, having differences with the college dean and many more. Definitely a better film than I anticipating. Initially I did not get some parts of the narration, but there are more details in pieces and we have to put them in the right places. For example the editing was a bit confusing, particularly about present, past and future events. But at the end you will understand everything, I think. The twist was average, though very good, it totally altered the entire perspective. Logan Lerman is getting better and better in his every new film and Sarah Gadon as well getting more sexier every day. Whatever it narrates us in the mid part, in the end it sticks to the point on what it opened with. So it is more about life like how a small mistake can change everything forever. But it's also how a big mistake can lead to preserve some sweet memories till life continues in whatever state. A practical subject dealt in a thoughtful way as much as possible. For some people it will be a must see, but surely worth a watch by everyone. _7/10_