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Tenderness(Movie, 2009)

R
| 1h 41min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
TendernessRating: 2.7/5 (with 4545 votes)
Tenderness is a 2009 crime film directed by John Polson and written by Emil Stern, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Cormier. Starring Russell Crowe, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, and Laura Dern, the film follows the intersecting lives of three people - a young man just released from jail, a girl looking for escape who becomes fascinated with him and the police detective who is sure the boy will kill again. The film received mixed reviews, with some critics highlighting the formulaic nature of the story as a problem. ()
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Duration: 1h 40min
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Duration: 1h 40min
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About Tenderness

Russell Crowe stars as Detective Cristofuoro, a semi-retired police officer who is trying to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager, Eric Poole (Jon Foster), was responsible for the murder of his family. Sophie Traub co-stars as Lori, the teenage runaway who falls under Eric's spell. Based on the novel by Robert Cormier.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: New York
Based on: "Tenderness" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 12/11/2009 (World premiere: 01/15/2009)
Director: John Polson
Screenwriter: Robert Cormier
Film Editor: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Director of Photography: Tom Stern
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Asesino Intimidante"
"Na Trilha do Assassino"
"Tenderness, la ternura del asesino"
"traqués"

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Other movies with this title: Tenderness (FR, 1930), Tenderness (SU, 1967), Tenderness (XC, 1991), Tenderness (GR, 2008), Tenderness (PL, 2016), Tenderness (IT, 2017), Tenderness (RU, 2018), Tenderness (CH, 2018), Tenderness (BR, 2023)

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