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Labor Day

2013 · Movie · PG-13 · 111 min · ★ 7.1 · 43% critics

DramaRomanceThriller

Two strangers collide over a long holiday weekend and quickly become entangled in an unexpected second chance at love. What begins as a frightening, unforeseen encounter turns into a deeply emotional relationship that changes a home and the lives around it.

Based on Labor Day

Also known as La fête du travail

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Details
Years
2013
Release date
2013-12-27
Language
English
Rated
PG-13
Runtime
111 min
Critic score
43/100
TMDB rating
7.1/10 (1,343 votes)
Box office
$20,275,812
Budget
$18,000,000
About

If you want a heartfelt, melancholic romance with intense drama and a strong sense of atmosphere, Labor Day delivers; Not for you if you dislike heavy melodrama or want light, realistic escapes like The Next Three Days.

Pros: moving adult romance; strong performances; emotional atmosphere | Cons: tense plausibility issues; heavy melodrama; pacing dips

Themes

  • based on novel or book
  • country house
  • suspicion
  • loss
  • escaped convict
  • single mother
  • tragic event
  • divorcee
  • teenage boy
  • recluse
  • father figure
  • life changing
  • +3 more

Cast & crew

Directed by Jason Reitman