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  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A Prairie Home Companion, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to survive in the age of television. (Picturehouse)

Directed By: Robert Altman

Written By: Garrison Keillor, Ken LaZebnik

  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2006
  • PG-13
  • Picturehouse
  • 1 h 45 m

A Prairie Home Companion

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 36 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary Director Robert Altman and writer Garrison Keillor join forces with an all-star cast to create a comic backstage fable, A Prairie Home Companion, about a fictitious radio variety show that has managed to survive in the age of television. (Picturehouse)

Directed By: Robert Altman

Written By: Garrison Keillor, Ken LaZebnik

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
75
79% Positive
30 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
3% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
75
79% Positive
30 Reviews
18% Mixed
7 Reviews
3% Negative
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100
A down-home-exquisite musical dramedy.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
90
Sometimes you forget how great an actor is, then he or she is reborn in an Altman movie.
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88
Take a swig of this moonshine. There's magic in it.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
75
It's a breezy, homespun, relaxing thing...watching this laid-back picture feels, oddly enough, like a vacation from movies.
By Rene Rodriguez FULL REVIEW
70
A Prairie Home Companion has many lovely and funny moments, but there's not a lot going on. Dramatically, it's mellow to the point of inertia. There may not be any sweat, but there isn't any heat, either.
By David Denby FULL REVIEW
60
A Prairie Home Companion tries to embrace the spirit of that longtime radio series but suffocates the very qualities that make the original show so special in the first place.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
25
This is not one of the good Altmans. This isn't even one of the mediocre Altmans.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 36 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
25 Ratings
28% Mixed
10 Ratings
3% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 36 User Ratings
7.5
69% Positive
25 Ratings
28% Mixed
10 Ratings
3% Negative
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Production Company Picturehouse, GreeneStreet Films, River Road Entertainment, Sandcastle 5 Productions, Prairie Home Productions
Release Date Jun 9, 2006
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Radio like you've never seen it before.
Website https://www.prairiehome.org/
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Awards

Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA)
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 2 Nominations

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