7.3 Score

2022 • 2h 6min • PG-13 • Comedy, Drama

A Man Called Otto

"Fall in love with the grumpiest man in America."

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.

IMDb 7.5

RT 68%

MC 51

Director

Marc Forster

Writers

Hannes Holm

Fredrik Backman

David Magee

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Tom Hanks

Otto Anderson

Mariana Treviño

Marisol

Cameron Britton

Jimmy

Mack Bayda

Malcolm

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Tommy

Juanita Jennings

Anita

Peter Lawson Jones

Reuben

Truman Hanks

Young Otto

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