Sam & Kate

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Sam & Kate

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2022

1h 50m

Comedy

Drama

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A life-affirming family dramedy starring Oscar®-winners Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, Sam & Kate takes place in a small town in the heart of the country. Hoffman plays Bill, the larger-than-life father to Sam (Jake Hoffman), who has returned home to take care of his ailing dad. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate (Schuyler Fisk). And at the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina (Spacek). But finding love is complicated and for these four, it is no different. They all must confront their past in order to make their new love work for the future. Truly a family affair, art imitates life with the father/son casting of Dustin & Jake and the mother/daughter casting of Sissy & Schuyler.

Critics Consensus

As a life-affirming ode, Sam & Kate is a timeless tale told in a comforting old-fashioned way.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

11/11/2022

B

Better with the in-between moments...When the chaacters are just interacting quietly they convey a great deal and the events interrupt the delicacy of those scenes.

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Katie Walsh

TheWrap

11/11/2022

These lessons are all fine and good, but it takes well over an hour into the 110-minute run time for “Sam & Kate” to reveal any conflict worth paying attention to.

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Devika Girish

New York Times

11/10/2022

Sam and Kate are such broad archetypes that it’s hard to feel the depth of their scars or the spark of their chemistry.

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John Serba

Decider

08/11/2023

Sam and Kate is a deeply unassuming dramedy that offers no great revelations about the human condition, but doesn’t intend to. It’s lightly poignant fodder made for adult viewers weary of spectacle

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

04/18/2023

3/5

As you'd expect from generations of Hollywood royalty, it's beautifully acted throughout.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

12/07/2022

Dull conversations and lackluster scenes prevent Sam & Kate from being the great romantic dramedy that it wants to be. The acting is admirable though, and the film's best moments make up for any flaws. The movie is better at depicting grief than romance.

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Kayron

12/10/2022

Good clean movie.. Great story.

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carol K

11/16/2022

Sort of a slow moving movie in parts. Love Dustin Hoffman!

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Joel C

11/15/2022

It was a good story with very good actors.

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ALICE S

11/15/2022

It was good but not what I expected at all. I came for a comedy and to me it was dry.

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Ruth Ann W

11/12/2022

It is a cute movie but not as light hearted as I thought it would be. There is mention of more serious issues but also humor and a lesson on accepting someone for who they are and where they are at a particular time of life. Very good.

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Reeldeal Gal

11/12/2022

Slow steady character development and story that evoked several emotions in me. Appreciate and live in every precious moment, not the past. Take chances with your heart and soul, because we all have a shelf life and unknown expiration date on this earth. It resonated with me.

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Synopsis

A life-affirming family dramedy starring Oscar®-winners Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, Sam & Kate takes place in a small town in the heart of the country. Hoffman plays Bill, the larger-than-life father to Sam (Jake Hoffman), who has returned home to take care of his ailing dad. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate (Schuyler Fisk). And at the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina (Spacek). But finding love is complicated and for these four, it is no different. They all must confront their past in order to make their new love work for the future. Truly a family affair, art imitates life with the father/son casting of Dustin & Jake and the mother/daughter casting of Sissy & Schuyler.

Director: Darren Le Gallo
Producer: Cindy Bru, Ben Shields Catlin, Ford Corbett, Darren Le Gallo, Ryan Donnell Smith, Orian Williams
Screenwriter: Darren Le Gallo
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Volition Media Partners, New Legend Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Kodiak Pictures, Story in the Sky, Buffalo 8 Productions, Thomasville Pictures
Rating: R (Some Drug Use and Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 11, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 1, 2023
Runtime: 1h 50m