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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Adventure · Drama · Family · 2013

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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The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

“Discover the extravagant journey.”

2013 Adventure · Drama · Family 1h 45m

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6.9 / 10

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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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Directed by

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Written by

Jean-Pierre Jeunet · Guillaume Laurant

Kyle Catlett

Kyle Catlett

T.S. Spivet

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Dr. Clair

Judy Davis

Judy Davis

G.H. Jibsen

Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

Father

Niamh Wilson

Niamh Wilson

Gracie

Jakob Davies

Jakob Davies

Layton

Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer

Roy

Court is in session

Put The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.