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196:Serena Films
190:Animus Films
163:Leslie Jones
127:Olivia Wilde
122:Dennis Quaid
117:Jeremy Irons
94:Laura Rister
1264:CinemaScore
1176:"The Words"
1160:February 3,
799:Shockya.com
700:The Numbers
652:CinemaScore
531:Roger Ebert
474:John Hannah
446:as Daniella
438:Zoe Saldana
318:Zoe Saldana
282:$ 6 million
132:Zoe Saldana
75:Produced by
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1379:2012 films
1373:Categories
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1299:2012-09-08
1269:2022-12-01
1245:2015-06-07
1239:Metacritic
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1099:2011-06-10
1074:2013-01-12
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928:2011-06-06
890:2011-06-06
864:3 February
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566:Lila, Lila
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230:2012-01-27
180:Production
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636:The Words
631:Reception
625:The Words
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611:The Words
583:Lila Lila
579:The Words
557:Lila Lila
553:The Words
416:The Words
354:The Words
298:The Words
212:CBS Films
182:companies
159:Edited by
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1187:April 2,
1018:April 2,
989:April 2,
955:April 2,
739:April 2,
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105:Starring
706:9 March
606:Release
594:Filming
274:English
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517:Themes
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279:Budget
366:Paris
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1131:2012
1020:2019
991:2019
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949:Time
866:2012
837:2012
741:2019
708:2018
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426:Cast
348:Plot
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