Movies Opening in the United States This Week, 01/25/2023

  • Title: Close
  • Category: Drama
  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 Hour 45 Minutes
  • Summary: The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother. “Close” is a film about friendship and responsibility.
  • Director: Lukas Dhont
  • Writers: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
  • Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne
  • Title: Maybe I Do
  • Category: Comedy, Romance
  • Rated: PG-13
  • Run Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
  • Summary: Michelle (Roberts) and Allen (Bracey) are in a relationship. They decide to invite their parents to finally meet about marriage. Turns out, the parents already know one another well, which leads to some differing opinions about marriage.
  • Director: Michael Jacobs
  • Writer: Michael Jacobs
  • Stars: Kevin D. Benton, Luke Bracey, Setty Brosevelt
  • Title: Distant
  • Category: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
  • Rated: PG-13
  • Summary: It follows an asteroid miner who, after crash-landing on an alien planet, must make his way across the harsh terrain, running out of oxygen, hunted by strange creatures, to the only other survivor.
  • Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
  • Writer: Spenser Cohen
  • Stars: Anthony Ramos, Naomi Scott, Kristofer Hivju

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