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Where'd You Go, Bernadette

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Directed by Richard Linklater
Produced by Megan Ellison, Nina Jacobson, Ginger Sledge, and Brad Simpson
Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Holly Gent, and Vincent Palmo Jr. Based on the novel by Maria Semple
With: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Emma Nelson, Kristen Wiig, James Urbaniak, Judy Greer, Troian Bellisario, Zoë Chao, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Zahn, and Megan Mullally
Cinematography: Shane F. Kelly
Editing: Sandra Adair
Music: Graham Reynolds
Runtime: 109 min
Release Date: 16 August 2019
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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Linklater’s awkwardly structured adaptation of Semple’s epistolary novel about a misanthropic former architect and her family provides another showcase for Blanchett’s unique star power, but is so muddled and meandering it never takes hold.