film american drama film written directed stars modern adaptation novel film finds year old middle custody battle parents new partners wrote film script project development hell hired directors filmed new_york seven weeks music scored film premiered toronto international film festival theatrically released earned million global box office received positive reviews critics plot year old lives new_york apartment parents singer rock band international art dealer argue constantly ignoring leaving care understand parents actions hires change lock apartment door decide separate parents granted joint custody separation moves apartment married soon response marriage marries lincoln barely knows bonds lincoln quickly grows warmed think deserve custody desire primarily spite quick parent looking time split staying parents primary lincoln leaves tour disappears business trips relationship eventually decides gone lincoln begin spend time supposedly tour run new_york angry confrontation accuses lincoln stealing lincoln declares relationship telling deserve suddenly leaves city ends care takes stay cousin beach house invites lincoln visit delight lincoln kiss night stops beach house tour bus pick chooses stay lincoln instead shouting realizes scared best interests stay cast production development written based novel time involved legal dispute custody daughter director later said james novel lens write divorce raising daughter according struggled find producers directors interested making film challenges working young child center producer involved project number years eventually responsible obtaining financing hiring directors initially script decided read hearing agent actress interested playing roles accepted directing job talking moore story reluctant film divorce liked script focused perspective noting unusual film aimed adults story told perspective child casting casting role took weeks casting director suggested young girls directors independently visited new_york elementary schools hold auditions year old auditioned relatively late cast weeks production started met adult stars brief rehearsal period filming began moore read film script directors anxious having sing role prepared meeting music producer singer lead singer kills songs moore performed film directors choice play film producers wanted cast english actor felt suited role matter awful things says sympathetic actor cast film secured role weeks production started talking filming filmed new_york days seven weeks summer shot film camera filming took place mainly scenes beach house shot long_island scene featuring lincoln taking day trip shot scene performs concert filmed hall pre recorded vocal track backing band small audience according significant challenge filming limited time able work day early shooting film final scenes arrives beach house night pick fell asleep shoot postponed weeks later music film score composed musical group inspired rock music thought exposed musician mother described score ing rock language way release box office premiered toronto film festival september purchased film distribution rights soon premiere film released united_states opening single theater new_york earned opening weekend end week expanded theaters second week release playing theaters fourth week reached widest release theaters sixth week release total thirteen weeks grossed time united_kingdom film released cinemas video demand services august pledged film marketing budget earned box office revenue weeks release weeks available territories film performed best australia grossing spain new_zealand brazil earned total outside total worldwide gross critical response received generally positive reviews critics rotten_tomatoes film holds rating based reviews average rating site consensus states undeniably difficult watch times ultimately rises strength sourced script powerful performances direction metacritic film score based reviews critics indicating generally favorable reviews review variety magazine summarized beautifully observed drama wrote plot consistently dark contained sensitivity emotional variation experience new_york magazine praised writing performances adult characters opined cinematography open graceful seen year new_york_times described film brilliant haunting adaptation novel praising performance particular los_angeles_times critic commended moore acting felt beautifully rendered film able achieve emotional resonance melodramatic boston_globe awarded film stars opined success largely performance hollywood reporter noted film uniformly strong performances praised maintaining sense spite melodramatic plot wrote film warmth intelligence grace concluded review poignant best films new_york_post likened public service announcement divorce felt presentation story perspective gimmick true james novel entertainment_weekly found film pointless awarded grade slant_magazine felt characters dimensional stereotypical described film slice drama accolades home media released dvd blu ray august blu ray edition includes audio commentary directors selection deleted scenes
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