Captain Fantastic
He prepared them for everything except the outside world.
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
- Director
- Matt Ross
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Humour
- Worldwide
- $23M
Who's in it
Cast
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How Captain Fantastic actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Captain Fantastic appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Comedies Ranked #46
Placed at #46 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Comedy Movies Ranked #48
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Captain Fantastic returned 4.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $5M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $23M
- Release date
- Jul 8, 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Esperanto
- Country
- United States of America
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