PREVIEW: Where’d You Go, Bernadette (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Cate Blanchett (Carol), Billy Crudup (Spotlight), Emma Nelson (film debut), Kristen Wiig (Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar), James Urbaniak (American Splendor), Judy Greer (The Descendants), Troian Bellisario (Billboard Dad), Zoë Chao (Downhill), Laurence Fishburne (Last Flag Flying), Claudia Doumit (Anything), Katelyn Statton (Richard Peter Johnson), Steve Zahn (Uncle Frank), Megan Mullally (The Kings of Summer), Richard Robichaux (Boyhood), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Atomic Blonde), Kate Burton (Max Payne)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Richard Linklater (Boyhood), director, writer; Holly Gent (Me and Orson Welles) and Vince Palmo (Me and Orson Welles), writers; Megan Ellison (Her), Nina Jacobson (Crazy Rich Asians), Brad Simpson (Ben Is Back) and Ginger Sledge (Bernie), producers; Sam Lipman (Texas Cotton) and Graham Reynolds (Before Midnight), composers; Shane Kelly (Last Flag Flying), cinematographer; Sandra Adair (School of Rock), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

When Bernadette Fox (Blanchett), an agoraphobic architect, suddenly disappears before a family trip to Antarctica, her husband Elgie (Crudup) and 15-year-old daughter Bee (Nelson) come together to re-evaluate their priorities…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Richard Linklater’s long-delayed comedy, based on the novel by Maria Semple, stars Cate Blanchett in a role that earned her a Golden Globe nomination over a year ago.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 15TH MARCH 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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