All Is Bright

All Is Bright
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Phil Morrison
Produced by	Elizabeth Giamatti; Dan Carey; Sidney Kimmel; John Penotti
Written by	Melissa James Gibson
Starring	Paul Giamatti; Paul Rudd; Sally Hawkins; Amy Landecker
Music by	Graham Reynolds
Cinematography	W. Mott Hupfel III
Edited by	Jeff Buchanan
Production; company	Greenestreet Films; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment; Touchy Feely Films
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Films
Release date	April 18, 2013 (Tribeca); September 10, 2013 (United States);
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$4,556[1]

All Is Bright (released as Almost Christmas in the UK) is a 2013 dark comedy-drama buddy film directed by Phil Morrison. It stars Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd, with Sally Hawkins and Amy Landecker in supporting roles.

The film debuted at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, with a video on demand release following on September 10, 2013. It was released in theaters on October 4, 2013.[2]

Premise

While out on parole, Dennis (Giamatti) reluctantly takes a job selling Christmas trees with his old friend Rene (Rudd) in order to make enough money to buy his estranged daughter the piano she has always wanted.

Cast

Paul Giamatti as Dennis
Paul Rudd as Rene
Sally Hawkins as Olga
Amy Landecker as Therese
Peter Hermann as Monsieur Tremblay
Emory Cohen as Lou
Halley Feiffer as Claire
Colman Domingo as Nzomo

Production

The opening of the movie is set in Quebec, Canada, and appears to have been shot in Quebec, Canada. We see an Autoroute 40 and 80 kph highway signs as Paul Giamatti walks along the highway. Later we see Paul on a sidewalk with cars bearing Quebec license plates and he stops to pick up a $1 coin (known as a Loonie).

After loading the trees the "Paul and Paul" drive to the USA. We see they actually filmed a scene on Ontario's 401 Westbound, approaching exit 441, to Ontario Highway 137, which leads to the US border and connects to interstate 81 (NY).

All Is Bright was filmed in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its name was changed from the original title of Almost Christmas[3] to All Is Bright.

The antics of the two lead characters have been suggested to be based on the amalgamation of famous misadventures of employees from North Pole Xmas Trees, a famous family business from Nashua, New Hampshire.

Reception

The film currently has a 49% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 5.56/10. The critical consensus states: "Well-acted but uneven, All Is Bright strands a pair of strong performances from Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd in a meandering script."[4] Metacritic reports a weighted average of 54/100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]

References

"All is Bright (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
Box Office Mojo: All Is Bright, Released October 4 to October 6.
Scheib, Ronnie (April 26, 2013). "Tribeca Film Review: 'Almost Christmas'".
"All Is Bright (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
"All Is Bright Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 27, 2019.

External links

All Is Bright at IMDb

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[1] "All is Bright (2013)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

[2] Box Office Mojo: All Is Bright, Released October 4 to October 6.

[3] Scheib, Ronnie (April 26, 2013). "Tribeca Film Review: 'Almost Christmas'".

[4] "All Is Bright (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

[5] "All Is Bright Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 27, 2019.