Synopsis
A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists.
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Cast
- Adam DriverPaterson
- Golshifteh FarahaniLaura
- NellieMarvin
- Rizwan ManjiDonny
- Dominic LirianoBoy on Bus 1
- Jaden MichaelBoy on Bus 2
- Barry Shabaka HenleyDoc
- Trevor ParhamSam
- Troy T. ParhamDave
- Brian McCarthyJimmy
Recommendations
- 100
CineVue
The whole set-up risks being all too winsome, but Jarmusch has always been a quiet punk: his most radical assertion is believing, despite everything, in the essential goodness of people. - 100
The Film Stage
Like the best poetry, Paterson keeps its meticulous construction hidden, letting its impact sneak up on you unawares. When the final image cuts to black, it triggers an overwhelming surge of emotions that’ll make you want to remain seated in the dark until long after the credits have finished rolling, basking in this marvelous film’s afterglow. - 100
IndieWire
Carried by an appropriately low-key Adam Driver and Jarmusch's casual genius for capturing offhand remarks, Paterson is his most absorbing character study since "Broken Flowers" -- and far more grounded in real life. There's no context necessary to recognize it as his most personal work. - 100
Screen Daily
Writer-director Jim Jarmusch often explores existential themes, but they’ve perhaps never been so beautifully unadorned as they are in Paterson, a deceptively modest character piece that’s profound and moving while remaining grounded in the everyday. - 100
The Telegraph
How Jarmusch takes this match-stick house of nothings and fills it with such calm and wisdom is a mystery with only one real answer: he’s an artist. - 91
The Playlist
An unfeasibly charming film full of little wisdoms and quiet comforts where we might expect to find provocations, its only deception is that it is so much richer than it seems at first glance. - 80
The Guardian
What a lovely film Paterson is. - 80
Time Out London
Art, the film suggests, is about first noticing then communing with the world around you. In that sense, it’s another wise, wonderful Jarmusch movie about the importance, in this sad and beautiful world, of friendship and love.
