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Paterson

Beauty is often found in the smallest details.

2016 · 1h 58m · R Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Jim Jarmusch

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Overview

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.

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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Paterson's writing may never earn such notice, but his perceptions on everyday existence are a quiet delight.

Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

Like many of Jarmusch's best films, this keeps surprising us with its minimal, witty inflections, at once epic and small-scale.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

There's an austerity to [Paterson's] days and to his processes that Jarmusch sells very effectively. And so does Driver, with his off-kilter sincerity.

Alison Willmore, BuzzFeed News
Fresh

Paterson himself is deathly allergic to pretension, and the film inhabits his sensibility. It's A Portrait Of The Artist As A Working-Class Stiff, arguing for the mundane beauty of all our lives.

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh

A lovely fable about the fragile, fruitful and occasionally fraught relationship between creativity and everyday life.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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