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Review: 'Janet Planet'
Time via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJulianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in 'Janet Planet' Credit - Courtesy of A24 Playwright Annie Baker’s debut film Janet Planet is either about motherhood...
‘Janet Planet’ Review: A Sticky Summer Full of Small Dramas
New York Times· 1 day agoAnnie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story for both a...
Janet Planet Will Grow on You
Vulture· 52 minutes agoLacy (Zoe Ziegler) likes to put her hands around her mother’s head at night, as though she’s trying not just to keep her close but to reach into her mind...
Janet Planet Orbits a Troubled Mother-Daughter Relationship
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoAnnie Baker’s plays present characters who, if not miserable, are not far off, in circumstances to...
‘Janet Planet’ Review: Annie Baker’s Mother-Daughter Duet
The Wall Street Journal· 21 hours agoFILM REVIEW “We never know the actual, vital contour of our own emotions—just what forms them from...
Janet Planet review: Astonishing debut sees mother-daughter relationship in strained orbit
The A.V. Club· 2 days agoSet in Western Massachusetts during the hazy summer of 1991, Janet Planet, the cinematic debut from...
In ‘Janet Planet,’ a Brilliant Playwright Makes a Promising Film Debut
Vanity Fair· 1 day agoAnnie Baker is one of the great American theater artists of her generation. Thus there was great...
Annie Baker Goes to Hollywood
Vulture· 4 days agoBefore starting filming on Janet Planet, Annie Baker and her sound designer, Paul Hsu, recorded two weeks of the ambient noises of the Western...
A Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Makes a Great Cinematic Leap
The Atlantic· 2 days agoThe Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Annie Baker has long been a master of silence; her work...
Review: ‘Janet Planet’ Revolves Around a Mother Who Eclipses Her Daughter - The Village Voice
The Village Voice· 3 days agoThe remarkable mother-daughter drama Janet Planet opens with a wonderfully staged comic moment. Punching the keypad with the focused awkwardness of a child, the 11-year-old Lacy (miraculous ...
