The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
2008 · Movie · R · 95 min · ★ 4.2 · 25% critics
During one life-changing summer after college, a young man in Pittsburgh tries to step out from under his criminal father’s shadow while getting pulled into complicated relationships and questions about who he wants to become. Romance, desire, and the city’s uneasy mood shape his search for identity.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-01-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 25/100
- TMDB rating
- 4.2/10 (53 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody coming-of-age dramas with messy relationships and identity questions, somewhere between Factory Girl and Seeing Other People; Not for you if you want a clear, tightly plotted story.
Pros: strong cast; evocative summer atmosphere; interesting coming-of-age themes | Cons: confusing story flow; uneven adaptation; distant lead character
Themes
- based on novel or book
- college
- summer
- graduate
Cast & crew
Jon Foster
as Art Bechstein
Peter Sarsgaard
as Cleveland Arning
Sienna Miller
as Jane Bellwether
Mena Suvari
as Phlox Lombardi
Omid Abtahi
as Mohammed
Nick Nolte
as Joe Bechstein
- KG
Keith Michael Gregory
as Keith
- AR
Ali Reed
as Female Book Barn Employee
- JH
James A. Harper
as Teen Book Barn Employee
Don Wadsworth
as Class Instructor
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber