Columbus

Name: Columbus
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-08-04
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Parker Posey

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

22K

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When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin (John Cho) finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's estranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother.

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A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering a... Read allA Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

22K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 32 nominations

Trivia
Shot in 18 days.

Quotes
Jin: You grow up around something, and it feels like nothing.

Connections
Referenced in Athens of the Prairie (2019)

Soundtracks
Eat the Night
Written and Performed by The Ettes
Published by Walking Around Sense Music
Courtesy of Fond Object Records

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Featured review

9/10

An unusually great movie (because of/ in spite of) its very slow pace.

I really enjoyed this movie, even though it was easily the slowest paced movie I have ever seen. I'm not sure why this worked. It was almost as if the movie gave the viewer time to think about the characters because there were so many pauses in dialog. There was a mysterious "real life" experience to watching the movie, unlike any I had ever had before, and I found myself thinking about the characters for days afterwards in the way I might think about a puzzling friend. "Columbus" should have been boring, but it wasn't.