The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013 105 min ★ 6.9 Adventure, Drama, Family

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

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Cast

Kyle Catlett

T.S. Spivet

Helena Bonham Carter

Dr. Clair

Judy Davis

G.H. Jibsen

Callum Keith Rennie

Father

Niamh Wilson

Gracie

Jakob Davies

Layton

Rick Mercer

Roy

Robert Maillet

Giant Hobo

Dominique Pinon

Two Clouds

Julian Richings

Ricky

Details

Director

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Screenplay

Guillaume Laurant

Tagline

"Discover the extravagant journey."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$33,000,000

Revenue

$9,494,789

Production

Epithète Films, Tapioca Films, Filmarto, Gaumont, France 2 Cinéma

Reviews

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Reno

July 14, 2016

★ 8/10

> Sure, everyone finds their pine tree. The film was produced by three countries from three different continents, carved by one of my favoutire French directors that talks of a prodigy child. An English language film set in the American soil. If you had liked his films, then you would like this one as well. Like all his films, it was visually fantastic and it was his first digital 3D project. O...