A Man Called Otto (2022)
Fall in love with the grumpiest man in America.
When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 28 December 2022 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
| Director | Marc Forster |
| Starring | Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño and Cameron Britton |
| Runtime | 126 min |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 6.1 · Metacritic 51/100 · Rotten Tomatoes 70% · TMDB users 7.7/10 |
| Budget | $50 million |
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What kind of watch this is
A Man Called Otto is a 2022 comedy drama that runs 126 minutes. It centers on Otto Anderson, a widower who views his neighbors with suspicion until a lively family moves in next door. Tom Hanks plays the grump; Mariana Treviño is the pregnant woman who refuses to let him keep his distance. The film’s engine is the friction between their worlds. Otto wants silence and order. Marisol brings noise and life. It is a story about two people who do not want each other, finding a need for each other anyway. The dryness of the performance carries the warmth without forcing it.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes reports 70% positive reviews from 210 critics as of November 2024. The site’s consensus advises checking cynicism at the door to let the film tug at heartstrings. It is a fair trade for a movie that knows exactly what it is doing. Metacritic scores it 51 out of 100 based on 36 critics, a label for mixed or average reception. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave it an A, which suggests the heartstring-tugging worked on the people who paid for tickets.
How it did with audiences
The budget sat at $50 million. It pulled in $64.3 million in the United States and Canada, plus $48.8 million elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $113.1 million. On TMDB, users rate it 7.7 out of 10. The opening weekend was modest, but the film found its legs, climbing the charts as theaters opened. It outperformed projections in its third week. A solid return on investment, even if the math took a few weekends to catch up with the audience.
What came next for the cast
Tom Hanks stepped from the familiar comfort of Forrest Gump and The Green Mile into the odder corners of Asteroid City and Here. Cameron Britton moved from The Umbrella Academy to Mickey 17. These trajectories do not prove Otto changed their paths. They simply mark where the credits landed afterward.
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Sources
- A Man Called Otto on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
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