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Troop Zero

Troop Zero

Comedy · Drama · Family · 2019

In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

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Troop Zero

“Show the universe who you truly are.”

2019 Comedy · Drama · Family 1h 34m

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7.0 / 10

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In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Bertie · Bert

Written by

Lucy Alibar

Mckenna Grace

Mckenna Grace

Christmas Flint

Viola Davis

Viola Davis

Miss Rayleen

Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan

Ramsey Flint

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Miss Massey

Charlie Shotwell

Charlie Shotwell

Joseph

Milan Ray

Milan Ray

Hell-No Price

Johanna Colón

Johanna Colón

Smash

Court is in session

Put Troop Zero on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

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.